From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-11-18 18:05:00 UTC
Subject: Re: options for adrenal problem.
We just got Lupron for two who are not surgical candidates. DO
give your vet Mike Janke's recently printed source for less
expensive Lupron. It's right in the recent back-messages on
site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list . We didn't
know of that one till after we'd spent $800 on the two, and will
have them use it for future purchase because it's much cheaper.
Boy, are those two girls HAPPY now!
Seven is of unknown age. She had her left adrenal out, but her
right one had invaded the Vena Cava instead of just being
around it. If there was enough collateral circulation she could
have had the Vena Cava ligated, but there was not, so she
bounces around happily with her medication. Like Warp she
hates the feel of this particular injection but she is so much more
comfy now -- dancing, pronging, sleeping with others, just plain
happy. Her vulva is going down and her nipples already are
down but it too early to know how much fur she will regrow.
Warp is elderly, with a chronic problem, and almost died in her
last two emergency surgeries (related to her chronic friable
small intestine separating again). She's a very poor surgical
cnadidate. Like Seven she is happy as can be since her Lupron
injection.
Each got the four-month depot.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., GRNTEE@a... wrote:
> I have a seven year old ferret, that is showing great signs again
of adrenal
> problems. The first surgery took care of the left side, so
naturally it is
> right sided. I am very leary about doing this surgery as she is
on the
> elderly side. I would do anything to save my baby and am
heartbroken and
> terrified for her. She has to have surgery on her ear as she
has a growth on
> it and the vet is removing the growth on the 26th of this month.
I obviously
> have to take care of that but am wondering how long I should
wait for her to
> recover from that surgery before I even think of the surgery for
the adrenal
> problem. So, my question is, are there any medicines on the
market that I
> would be able to give Bria in the meantime to help with the
adrenal problem?
> I have heard of lupron injections and someone mentioned
Essiac in a post
> somewhere but I don't know what these are either. I live in PA,
and good
> vets here are hard to find. My current vet is two hours away. I
would be
> willing to drive to Maryland even if it would help. I must say the
first
> surgery she had for her left adrenal problem went smooth, but
her recovery
> was rough. I had to syringe feed her for two weeks. Both food
and fluids.
> Any information or advice on this problem is welcome. I am
just so worried
> for my baby. She is the sweetest ferret you would ever want to
meet. She is
> not caged, as she has free run of the house and never gets
into trouble.
> Needless to say we have ferret proofed every single room very
well. I hope
> someone can help us. Tina, Bria Anne the sweet one, and
Jasper whom my
> daughter says should have been named satan.