Last updated June 3, 2007
Sukie Crandall’s Ferret Health and Well-being Links
Ferret Health List:
Archives:
Poison Control and helpful poisoning prevention references:
ASPCA Animal Poison Control:
Angell Memorial's ASPCA Poison Control:
Poisons to avoid:
Poisonous plants with photos to help identify after an incident:
Health sites or articles by vets:
Dr. Bruce Williams, DVM ferret pathology site to help vets and others:
Understanding Blood Tests and some other test results by Dr. Susan Brown:
Health info from Dr. Charles Weiss, DVM:
Dr. Heidi Hoefer, DVM ferret health newsletters:
Practical Emergency and Critical care by Laurie Hess, DVM:
Diseases of the ferret by Dr. Mike Garner, DVM:
Ferret diseases by the vets of Long Beach Animal Hospital:
2001 article on IBD by Dr. Rene Gandolfi, DVM starts pg 4
Liver diseases beginning on pg 5 by Dr. Katrina Ramsell, DVM
Myofasciitis (previously called DIM) outline from Zoopath on Myofasciitis:
Pet Care Veterinary Hospital: multiple ferret health articles including Urethrostomy and Penile Amputation to Treat Urethral Obstruction
adrenal reference paper by Dr. Johnson-Delaney, DVM for AEMV 2006
Hind limb weakness and other articles by Dr. Susan Brown, DVM:
Some reasons to get immediate vet help by Dr. Joe Martins, DVM:
Animal artificial respiration and CPR by Dr. Lori Feldman, DVM:
General ferret information and links by Dr. Deborah Cottrell, DVM:
Adrenal Help by Dr. Deborah Cottrell, DVM:
How ferret pathology results can be confusing:
Fur loss by Dr. Judi Bell, DVM:
vet articles by Dr. Ron Hines, DVM
(scroll down the section marked "Ferrets")
Adrenal Disease dissertation text by Dr. Nico Schoemaker, veterinary researcher
Many ferret health articles by the vets of Pet Care Animal Hospital
Adrenal disease from the vets of Westlake Animal Hospital
Editor: Dr Julia Adams BVSc, Contributor: Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science, Ocean Reef Veterinary Clinic: a brief overview of some ferret medical problems
Alternative Veterinary Medicine articles:
Health sites by vets and others:
ADV:
ADV:
ADV:
ADV discussion group:
ADV:
Mike Janke's site with multiple health articles and references (Mr. Janke's articles and those by visiting vets are often quoted in veterinary publications):
Vaccinations:
Eye removal:
Source of melatonin implant:
Multiple health articles from Ferrets Magazine:
Pam Sessoms' guide for home monitoring of blood glucose
UK site:
Pet Education:
Vet Centric:
Medical Emergencies:
Why regrowth of fur from melatonin can also be from a dermal cause so is not diagnositic:
Very thorough and clear adrenal disease info in one place (Also see Miamiferret site):
Ferret's Magazine health articles:
HSUS brief articles on ferret husbandry:
“Problem” ferrets and the people who love them:
Handicapped ferret needs:
Blindness:
Blindness:
Deafness:
Mobility Cart:
That cart type can also be seen here and if you scroll down then ordering information will be found:
Mobility Cart:
Pantyhose Slings:
Physically impaired:
Chihuahua size diapers (but check to make sure still in stock and note that none of these have been reported on yet for how well they do or do not work for ferrets):
(also consider small Preemie Diapers from baby supply stores and make a tail opening)
Genetics:
Compounding Pharmacies:
Go to the FHL Files section, scroll down and click open the compounding pharmacies list. The FHL is listed both above and in my signature lines.
Medication information and cautions, traditional and alternative (Also see the ASPCA Poison Control site higher in the links list and search for documents there.):
One compounding pharmacy with articles:
Compendium of Veterinary Products:
Drug Interactions:
Drug information:
Interactions with herbs or supplements:
Drug information:
Side effects (human but some may generalize):
Melatonin implants:
Single doses of Lupron Depot (hard to find normally):
Herbs:
Herbs, supplements, alternative approaches:
Natural or Manmade Emergency Situations:
Ferret Veterinarian Lists:
Shelters and the vets they use:
UK vets:
British Columbia vets:
California vets:
California vets:
Specialists anywhere:
Shelter Lists:
SOS Shelter List
AFA Shelter List
USDA Lists of Ferret Studies (very comprehensive):
by topic category 2002-2006
by topic category 1991-2002
by topic category before 1991
Another excellent place to find ferret studies (Just use
ferret and ferrets and mustela
as the search term for finding recent ones):
Rabies:
Professional information:
CDC Q&A on ferrets, dogs, and cats in relation to rabies:
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians: the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Control and Prevention is in documents:
The rabies section here has useful data:
Rabies info from the Immunization Action Coalition
Rabies info from Lawrence County, OH
Zoonotic info (some including rabies) but, please, notice that ferrets have fewer zoonoses than many pet species do
Scroll to charts for quick info:
A by-species outline of diseases that species of Carnivora get which can be shared with other species:
Kibble comparison charts and homemade food:
Bob's Gravy:
Professional consultation on balancing homemade diets with articles by Dr. Rebecca Remillard, Ph.D., D.V.M., DACVN:
FDA raw pet foods guidance:
Increased meat digestibility from cooking:
FDA Alerts:
General and Misc.:
A hefty amount of everything ferret from the 1990s:
HSUS article for ferret newbies:
Respiratory Toxicity of some wood oils:
Pet Lemon Laws:
Protein folding:
Link sites:
Veterinary news:
References:
an excellent site for finding veterinary article abstracts
government sponsored websites:
ferret medical acronyms and abbreviations:
veterinary acronyms and abbreviations:
medical acronyms and abbreviations:
Hoarding, MBP, misuse of animals to get drugs, and other Animal Abuse:
AVMA:
Tufts site with extensive information:
Psychiatric journal article on hoarding:
HSUS:
Pet abuse database:
Cruelty to animals becomes cruelty to humans (useful info for cases brought against abusers):
Animal Welfare Act:
USDA publications to find regulations:
Sukie (not a vet)
Current FHL address:
People can join there or can send a blank mail to the automated joining address:
and then follow the directions.
(The second is recommended for those having problems with Yahoogroups
web settings, and afterward send a blank mail from your subscribed address to
to get the digest instead of individual mails. )
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