Comments on: Now Kahlua has insulinoma :(

By: Nona

Nona — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:25:33 +0000

It seems to be so common here too, Dada. Kahlua is the 3rd ferret I’ve had suffering from insulinoma and, coming so soon after Muis, it’s not a happy thing for me. I supposed I should be grateful that they were both in their 7th year when they started showing symptoms – at least I had 7 good years with them before it happened. CJ, “my” boy (my first male Chucky was his father) had it when he turned 7 too. Chucky died of old age when he was about 8, so he didn’t have any cancers, thank goodness, so maybe it was CJ’s mother. I had outsourced Chucky as a stud, so it wasn’t my girl who was the mother, so I can only imagine that perhaps that gene was passed on by her.

By: flyinamber

flyinamber — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:52:45 +0000

dear Nona,I’m so sorry to hear about Kahlua’s insulinoma but my fingers are crossed for her and I really hope that she will be better and that you will have many happy days more!
I was conversing with my friend yesterday right about insulinoma and how that bad illness is very common by ferrets..she lost one of her 12 fuzzies lasth month because of insulinoma and yesterday she found out that her other ferret has insulinoma too..we have our Croatian ferret association now here and we will make some statistics about insulinoma by ferrets..we have also to do a register of ferrets so it could be visible how many cases of insulinoma is in some of ferret families..

By: Nona

Nona — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:05:08 +0000

Thanks so much, JC. I really do appreciate your prayers for all of us – I reckon it helps

Since Kahlua’s been on her pred, she’s been acting her old self so fingers crossed. She’s only on 1/2ml once a day, not twice like Muis was, so I guess the vet didn’t think she needed a stronger dose for whatever reason.

I’m giving her one TFPlus capsule mixed with a small amount of pet milk and 1/2ml of Poly-MVA daily, on top of her smoothy, so I hope that will do something to help counteract what’s going on inside of her.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:09:09 +0000

On Nona.
Not the news I was hoping to hear! I just can\’t understand why ??? This is what angers me the most. You and all your sweet babies are in my heart & prayers, as I know just what you are feeling.
Hugs & Kisses to all.

By: Nona

Nona — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:03:28 +0000

Oh BB, thank you so much for sending your comment to me … I really appreciate it. It is so hard to not get emotionally charged when you have sick ferrets – I wish I knew why they got their cancers, I really do. It seems so unfair as they are such fabulous little creatures and always seem to want to give us so much love and attention when they’re well and happy. Phooey!

I hope you give Hunter and Samuel a big hug from their new friends down under – you sound like great ferret owners and I’m sure that your dynamic duo really appreciate the fact that you’re their owners

By: Nona

Nona — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:19 +0000

Oh Sunny, I can imagine what you’re going through! Our ferret kids start showing signs of cancers once they hit their 7th year – not all but a heck of a lot of them.

How old is Pixie? Hopefully she’ll be like my Mash …. no symptoms for 8 years until one day she just seemed to collapse on me and then, 12 hours later, she died in my arms.

I cried for a long time – Mash was my first ferret and she was so special that my vet said that she hoped she wouldn’t be on duty if I had to bring her in for her final visit!!

Well, I guess we have to suffer the consequences of having ferrets. They are such incredible little animals – with so much love and affection they give us. I don’t know any other animal on this earth with such a special affiniity with their owners than ferrets … they are truly remarkable!

By: BB

BB — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:10:36 +0000

My husband and I have had ferrets for 8 years and still feel sometimes like we know absolutely NOTHING about them. Curently, we have two. Samuel is 5 and he has a chordoma on the end of his tail and he is seriously fat. Hunter is 7 and she hates hanging out with anyone…she’s a total loner. We’ve had and lost 5 other loved ones…they are so delicate and no two ferrets are the same. Good luck!

By: sunnyberra

sunnyberra — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:41:21 +0000

sometimes, I think it’s really unfair when these diseases present atypically. it’s not enough that the majority of ferrets contract them, but then symptoms have to be different from the norm or hard to detect on top of that? And as Pixie gets older, I find myself getting more and more nervous, every little thing is cause for speculation and dragging out the books.

it’s kind of amazing what ferrents do to have these guys in our lives