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Good Thoughts and Vibes for Bandersnatch Please?

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#1 ·
My ferret Bandi (short for Bandersnatch) goes in for adrenal surgery today!! (finally! RFR, remember that thread you made about when not to listen to your vet?? Yeah... 8months I've been trying to get this surgery for this fuzzy. :( )

To make matters worse, she broke her toe about 2 weeks ago. She went in last week for them to change the bandage... and didn't like the new one the doc put on at all! She had it off in 30min. So he did a stronger one.... she just got it off again last night. >.<

I called the e-vet just in case, "hey do you think I should bring her in or wait til morning?" and got told they "don't treat ferrets." Really?? This must be new because I took both Sam and Wally there before. This really scares me because Wally (who had insulinoma and lymphoma) started seizuring and screaming in pain about 6pm on a Friday, July 4th weekend. What if something like that happens again, what am I supposed to do??

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"I'm too sexy for this cast, too sexy for my cast..."

The adrenal disease causes her to lose fur, so if she seems a bit naked that's why!
 
#3 ·
Best of luck to your ferret, they can be such adorable little creatures, I am sorry to hear of his health issues.
I hope he will be fine, to cause you ferret mischief for years in the future. :)
 
#4 ·
I freaking love the name!

Vibes for a smooth surgery and recovery, and kudos on you for advocating for her.

As to the ER question--we have the exact same issue in my locale. I ended up losing the best bunny, ever, late one Friday night, because of it. HUGE meeting later, involving several vets who staff the ER, my vets, me, a couple other folks, and we now have a *supposed* policy that the ER will treat exotics, providing one of the exotics vets phones in consults, reviews diagnostics, and does the orders.

My own exotics vets, in addition, agreed to answer their own clients' exotics ER calls.

I say "supposed" system, because there are for sure glitches and I've had to come thru the phone and ram one Doc Marten up the azzside of a few answering service operators, to get action--as they still seem under the impression that afterhours=no exotics animals get treated.

Plan ahead girlie--I thought I had, and learned the hard way.
 
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Best wishes to Bandi on a safe surgery and easy recovery. I went through the same with one of my ferrets years ago.
 
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Thank you all! I appreciate it. :D

I got to see her late afternoon, she came through the surgery okay but was still groggy from the anesthesia and had a little bleeding aroun one end of her stitches. They are keeping her overnight (standard for them).

Delta has been whining and looking for her. I should be able to pick her up tomorrow. ^_^
 
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Glad to hear she came thru fine--hope she has a speedy recovery.