Post by Tressie on Jul 21, 2009 20:43:37 GMT -4
Sampson passed away this evening after chronically poor health since the day he arrived as a surrender August 1, 2008.
He was adopted the day after his life-long companion Ash died and four days later Sampson underwent emergency surgery to remove a large benign tumor attached to his spleen. The spleen was also removed.
Sampson's health was even more fragile after Ash's death, he was plagued by recurring ulcers, colitis, UTIs, uroliths, insulinoma, and adrenal disease amongst other things. In the end the two medications he was on to manage his insulinoma stopped working. A necropsy is being done to determine whether he might have had pancreatic carcinoma or something else else going on that took away the rest of his energy and gave him lots of pain.
He was the only ferret I had who was accepted by all the play groups and fosters that came and went - a gentle giant, he will be missed terribly by his mom and his fuzzy family.
Tressie
He was adopted the day after his life-long companion Ash died and four days later Sampson underwent emergency surgery to remove a large benign tumor attached to his spleen. The spleen was also removed.
Sampson's health was even more fragile after Ash's death, he was plagued by recurring ulcers, colitis, UTIs, uroliths, insulinoma, and adrenal disease amongst other things. In the end the two medications he was on to manage his insulinoma stopped working. A necropsy is being done to determine whether he might have had pancreatic carcinoma or something else else going on that took away the rest of his energy and gave him lots of pain.
He was the only ferret I had who was accepted by all the play groups and fosters that came and went - a gentle giant, he will be missed terribly by his mom and his fuzzy family.
Tressie
my fuzzbutts!
