From:
tansy
Date: 2001-04-17 13:55:00 UTC
Subject: RE: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Adrenal-induced estrus
termination.
>
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:12:57 -0400 (EDT) KEM192@W... writes:
> > My ferret Sheba's vulva has been swollen for about 2 weeks and
> > getting
> > bigger. She has had both adrenal glands removed ( though I don't
> > know
> > if they were able to get the right one completely), the latest one
> > being
> > in december of 2000. Her appetite has been up and down since the
> > surgery, and right now I feed her hill's a/d. She is able to go to
> > the
> > bathroom alright, but I still worry that I need to do something for
> > her.
> > Mike (on this mailing list) answered me as to what it might be, but
> > what
> > can I do for her to get the vulva to go back to normal? I talked to
> > my
> > vet who has treated her all her life, but she seemed not to be able
> > to
> > have a solution. Any help would be appreciated. No replacement
> > hormone
> > was ever told to me as a treatment.
> >
> > Kathy
<tansy>
Kathy, This is the sort of situation I have used Lupron in succesfully. I
have 2 males who both had bilateral adrenalectomies and subsequently became
sexually agressive again. I have them on Lupron now, and the aggression has
gone. You might want to consider this.
Good luck
tansy