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oheapame@isu.edu
Date: 2001-11-19 10:02:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Photoperiods and Adrenals
You are bringing up a really interesting subject. There is a
researcher I know who is studying the impact of adrenal glands ( and
therefore also stress hormones) and photoperiod on coat growth on
mink. It is getting far more involved as time goes on, but it turns
out that there are the same stress hormones produced in the adrenals
also produced at the hair follicles. It does appear to be a complex
relationship with photoperiod. They are interested in stress, but I am
interested in it because it may shed light on ferret adrenal problems.
Keep me posted how things progress with them with these changes. Mine
are free range, and keep their own schedules as well as having access
to "burrows". Food is ad lib, though. They would naturally cache food
and munch at will. I don't know if I would restrict frequency of
feeding.
pam o
----- Original Message -----
From: leanneb33@a...
> Thanks for the quick answer:
>
> Another hypothesis is.. I have been thinking in great depths about
> this
> adrenal problem that we all seem to be facing. My guys as stated
> receive
> natural lighting all day and evening. I do not cover their cages
> for fear
> that it would led to unatural lighting.. IE: undercover whew
> daylight, cover
> pitch black. I don't think a sudden change in lighting is good either.
> What I have been contemplating is taking them back to a more
> natural state in
> which they don't have free feed all day.. and that they have a
> "den" instead
> of hammies to sleep in. Ie no curtains on windows therfore
> premoting natual
> light morning and evening. Thank goodness I have only my ferts to
> spoil with
> what I think is best and don't have to worry about anyone else
> with no lights
> at night.
> I am going to make a "den" of sort for them that is black material
> inside so
> to promote real darkness and a hole that much like a den they can
> enter and
> exit upon waking etc.... therefore hopefully taking them back to a
> much more
> natural state as far as light is concerned.
> Care to share your feeling on this?
> Interested in everyones opinions
> Leanne
>
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