From:
tamarastanton@yahoo.com
Date: 2001-10-10 01:13:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Scantily Clad Ferrets
I've been following this thread very closely because we have a
scantily clad ferret ourselves who had bilateral adrenal surgery in
March and has *not* responded to percortin injections or pred, or a
mix of the two. What is Florinef?
cheers,
Tamara
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Sukie Crandall <sukiecrandall@t...>
wrote:
>
> --
> >> Cedes had a bilateral adrenalectomy on July 31.
> >> At the time, he was balding on his rear. Since
> >> his surgery, he has lost lots more fur. His fur
> >> is sparse all the way up to his neck. In
> >> addition, the shaved area on his tummy is just as
> >> sparse. When should I start to worry?
>
> > I have had three cases of bilateral adrenal surgeries that
within 2-4
> > months didn't grow back fur. None of their sodium potasium
ratios
> > came back off either. Matter of fact, they were all between 30-
> > 35.
>
> Ashling has responded marvelously to her Florinef and Prednisone,
but
> it did take her over a year to regrow fur after her bilateral
> adrenalectomy. She is still our alpha ferret and very athletic.