http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress caring for ferrets Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:49:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just came across a news article about a guy who claims that one of his ferrets died and another went into seizures after chewing on a packet of sugarless gum which they got hold of. He was told by a veterinarian that xylitol, a chemical which is used to give ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-health-killer-gum/ DONOTCHANGE I hadn't the time for extensive search, but this Pub Med Abstract explains it's common existence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8891937?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Fischer RG, Edwardsson S, Klinge B, Attström R. Department of Periodontology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. The effect of cyclosporin-A (CyA) on the dentogingival flora of ferrets with healthy and experimentally induced periodontal breakdown was studied. Five animals were ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferret-care/cyclosporin-a/ We used to give our ferrets a full cat-sized dose (cats 5-15 lbs) of Revolution monthy during the mosquito season (6 months of the year), as a preventative for heart worm.  This year, after some research, my vet was hesitant to prescribe it, as his research led him to conclude ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-care-fleas/ Kesrael Vacchon wrote this I don't usually read 'Hints from Heloise' but when I saw the 'The 'sweet' facts about owning ferrets' headline in my local paper this morning, I had to give it a read. Heloise mentioned before that years ago she owned a pet ferret(s) so ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/heloise-a-few-facts-about-ferrets/ hey everyone, wanted to share with you all so perhaps this won't happen to one of your babies. I almost lost Rasta today. he decided after getting a quick bath and me forgetting to baby gate the kitchen he would climb up the inside of the stove on ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/safty-issue-info/ Research by Nico Shoemaker from the Netherlands suggests that surgical neutering of ferrets can lead to adrenal disease. He suggests that rather than surgically neuter ferrets to use deslorelin implant which will chemically neuter them and keep them on it for the rest of their lives. I have read his research ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/neutering-your-ferret/ HI all I have a question [about,concerning,regarding,in relation to] the flu [and,plus,in addition to,as well as,also,then] phenomnia .Monday morning I got up [and,plus,in addition to,as well as,also,then] let my babies out of bed [and,plus,in addition to,as well as,also,then] noticed later on that one of my girls , 6 yrs old ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-flu/ Here is a past post from Dr. Williams that addresses a couple of important issues related to insulinoma meds.  Note also at the end when he brings up surgery he mentions both nodulectomy and partial pancreatectomy.  This is based on the results of a study that he and others did ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-care-insulinoma/ Diazoxide is an expensive drug which rarely if ever works. It is a holdover from the old days when we had less surgeons doing insulinoma removal, and if your ferret is otherwise healthy, surgery is always the better option. It should be reserved as an adjunct to oral prednisone in non-surgical ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-care-diazoxide/ Whizbang (6 yrs) had a lot of problems which appeared like adrenal disease but were not adrenal disease.  In fact, her adrenals both came out cleanly and the second one was taken out months ago in case it was the cause of symptoms whereas the left one had come out ... http://bsjmarketing.com/wordpress/ferrets/ferret-health/