I took a blood test recently, my iron is supposed to between 7-33 (or 38). I ve gotten 9 but it s on the bare minimum and I was if i still fall into thr iron deficent category.
They just have an excess of energy - I used to have when mine would start spinning about 3 a.m.
He could be addicted to worse.
He may just be board. Try building on to his habitat if you can,(with tubs and tunnels) and hide his food making him hunt for it. Keep him mentally stimulated and he'll be happy. I had a snap together ball that mine rolled around in on the floor, they went everywhere. And loved teasing the dog with it, lol. Good Luck
The best person to speak to is the doctor who ordered the test. They are in the best position to advise you as to whether or nor not the tests are normal. Generally a result within the lab's normal range is considered normal, however it does depend a little bit on the patient (e.g. if you were normally at, say, 32 and suddenly you dropped down to 9, that could still be concerning even though both those numbers are considered normal).
A single number by itself is not diagnostic. Normally when one does iron studies they perform a serum iron along with iron binding capacity and ferritin levels. The iron and percent saturation of the iron carriers in your blood paint a picture of iron as it moves through your blood. The other part of the picture is the ferritin which measures stored iron and how much iron your body has stored up. Under conditions of stress or chronic disease the body can shutdown its iron to give low blood serum irons but one is not really iron deficient and that is why the other numbers are needed. At present the only number you mention is the blood iron level which is not enough information although as stated it is in the normal range. Even if it were low one would still need the other information to confirm a low iron level with regards to body stores.
