From:
teri@lazykatcreations.com
Date: 2001-03-01 19:19:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Question for Dr. Williams
-
Thank you for replying to my post...I had already decided not to give
Sheba the Cheque drops after Tracey Greene had emailed me about
it...but, I needed to know what else to do...
Sheba's vulva just looks red and a little swollen today...would maybe
washing it with warm water do any good?
Thanks for the help,
Teri
-- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Dr. Bruce Williams" <williams@e...>
wrote:
> Dear Teri -
>
> I think that I would probably not administer mibolerone (Cheque) in
> this case. Combinations of synthetic progesterone with the
> possibility of high levels of estrogen may result in problems like
a
> stump pyometra (there is always a little bit of the uterus left
after
> a spay, and under proper hormonal stimulation it can develop a
severe
> inflammatory problem.
>
> I think at this point, I would adopt a wait-and-see attitude, and
> watch for other signs of adrenal disease, or a more pronounced
> swollen vulva.
>
> There are a lot of people recommending some very interesting things
> for adrenal disease, but I'm not really seeing any theoretical
basis
> for mibolerone administration.
>
>
> With kindest regards,
>
> Bruce H. Williams, DVM
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