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12 years ago
I haven't really said this any where out side of my face book with in the past week.
I had to put one of my pet ferrets down on the 5th just two days after my birthday.
Shadow was very sick at the moment.. and I am not sure if he would of come out of it. From the time I woke that day he had two seizures both last three to four minutes. I tried doing what I normally would do when he has low blood sugar which is give him nutrical and high protein caned cat food but he bit down on my finger during one of his seizures and did some really bad damage to my finger. I called the vets office and talked with there surgical tech and she thinks the same thing as I did. There might of been a bleed on the brain and a three to four minute seizure is way to much for little guy like him. So I made the appointment for him to been checked out and the kindest think for my little guy was to put him to sleep.
However In the six times I have had to put down a ferret form illness or old age this is the first time I had a ferret that just wouldn't "let go". When you put a ferret to sleep it isn't like with a dog or cat. They need to have a shot go in there stomach... so it can take 15 minutes or so for them to past. The first shot was enough for a 10 pound dog and after 45 minutes he was just out of it... sleeping like he was ready for surgery. my vet kind of frowned and said he wanted to try another way to help end his pain. He went and got another dose for a 10 pound dog and injected it right in to his kidney, which wasn't humane to do when he was awake but he was a sleep and it would be alright to do. After another 15 minutes Shadow was still with us, the vet was really starting to show he was bothered by this and he was worried that this was causing undo stress on all of us. He asked me if it would be ok to try something else. This was also not human to do this when there awake but since he was sleeping he said it would be ok to do this. he took my ferret out back and gave him yet another a shot for a 10 pound dog right to the heart. From the time it took him to give the shot and bring him back he had passed.
He was a good little guy, and he taught me so much about his kind. He was the first ferret I had from when he was 8 weeks old.
It has been really hard to get back in to a normal way of things since his pasting... he had been sick for two years with insulinoma and adrenal disease. The adrenal disease tumor on the adrenal gland was sadly on the side, the right adrenal gland is directly adjacent to the vena cava, the largest vein in the body, and there could of been serious complications which would of killed him. So we opted to change his diet and that seemed to work best but with the insulinoma I would have to make sure every 6 hours or so that he had eat something or his blood sugar would drop really low. so I am use to being tied down and not being able to go any where or checking the cage and trying to find him to make sure he was alright.
Image of Shadow before he got sick https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho.....920_8672_n.jpg
Video of Shadow before he got sick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OP2.....RQJa2ZYyL-0GqA
I'll be getting back to drawing and other stuff with in the next few days if I owe any one something please forgive the extra time its taking. I just haven't been able to draw at the moment.
I had to put one of my pet ferrets down on the 5th just two days after my birthday.
Shadow was very sick at the moment.. and I am not sure if he would of come out of it. From the time I woke that day he had two seizures both last three to four minutes. I tried doing what I normally would do when he has low blood sugar which is give him nutrical and high protein caned cat food but he bit down on my finger during one of his seizures and did some really bad damage to my finger. I called the vets office and talked with there surgical tech and she thinks the same thing as I did. There might of been a bleed on the brain and a three to four minute seizure is way to much for little guy like him. So I made the appointment for him to been checked out and the kindest think for my little guy was to put him to sleep.
However In the six times I have had to put down a ferret form illness or old age this is the first time I had a ferret that just wouldn't "let go". When you put a ferret to sleep it isn't like with a dog or cat. They need to have a shot go in there stomach... so it can take 15 minutes or so for them to past. The first shot was enough for a 10 pound dog and after 45 minutes he was just out of it... sleeping like he was ready for surgery. my vet kind of frowned and said he wanted to try another way to help end his pain. He went and got another dose for a 10 pound dog and injected it right in to his kidney, which wasn't humane to do when he was awake but he was a sleep and it would be alright to do. After another 15 minutes Shadow was still with us, the vet was really starting to show he was bothered by this and he was worried that this was causing undo stress on all of us. He asked me if it would be ok to try something else. This was also not human to do this when there awake but since he was sleeping he said it would be ok to do this. he took my ferret out back and gave him yet another a shot for a 10 pound dog right to the heart. From the time it took him to give the shot and bring him back he had passed.
He was a good little guy, and he taught me so much about his kind. He was the first ferret I had from when he was 8 weeks old.
It has been really hard to get back in to a normal way of things since his pasting... he had been sick for two years with insulinoma and adrenal disease. The adrenal disease tumor on the adrenal gland was sadly on the side, the right adrenal gland is directly adjacent to the vena cava, the largest vein in the body, and there could of been serious complications which would of killed him. So we opted to change his diet and that seemed to work best but with the insulinoma I would have to make sure every 6 hours or so that he had eat something or his blood sugar would drop really low. so I am use to being tied down and not being able to go any where or checking the cage and trying to find him to make sure he was alright.
Image of Shadow before he got sick https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho.....920_8672_n.jpg
Video of Shadow before he got sick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OP2.....RQJa2ZYyL-0GqA
I'll be getting back to drawing and other stuff with in the next few days if I owe any one something please forgive the extra time its taking. I just haven't been able to draw at the moment.
