From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-10-15 18:36:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Ferret Death
tvtalker2000@y... wrote:
>
> I hope you can help me.
> Last night I lost my precious Oscar after a lengthy battle with
> Cushings disease. I was told his illness was "textbook" but yet to
> see it mentioned when talking about ferret health.
I'd love to know what textbook he was talking about. Ferrets have
Cushings so seldom that it would be a 1000 to 1 shot against it. What
ferrets get is Hyperadrenalism, also called just adrenal disease. In
Cushings, a gland in the brain goes out of kilter and causes the
adrenals to over produce. In ferret adrenal disease it's the actual
adrenal gland that gets a neoplasm that causes it to produce too much of
the precursors of the sex hormones. Treatment is usually simple, you
just open them up and remove the bad gland.
I should add that I am not a vet, just a long time ferret owner.
> While it still pains me to think about Oscar's passing, I now have to
> think about my other ferret Felix. My concern is that Felix will be
> lonely without Oscar.
The best thing you can do for Felix is locate a ferret shelter near you
and take Felix over there and let him pick out a ferret that he likes
well enough to buddy with. Most shelters will allow this.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@w...
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