From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-09-05 00:50:29 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 4 Sep 2002 23:21:44 -0000 Issue 73
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <15d.13995a22.2aa80455@aol.com>
In a message dated 09/04/02 7:26:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> I wrote earlier about our older ferret George, could his excessive loss of
> hair be a symptom of Insulinoma as well? What about mysterious wounds that
> seem to heal very slowly and reappear for no apparent reason?
> Other than surgery are there any other options? Vitamins, sugar water,
> specific food?
Hair loss is not a symptom of insulinoma, but is almost always associated
with adrenal disease. Both illnesses can be seen together, but insulinoma
will not in and of itself cause hair loss. Mysterious wounds - could you be
seeing small bleeding lumps? Those would be mast cell tumors, a common skin
tumor of ferrets - but a diagnosis, of course, cannot be made over the
Internet.
The best treatment for both adrenal disease and for insulinoma, in a ferret
that can withstand surgery, is to do surgery. Both diseases can be managed
medically, however, with various medication and diet regimens.
Dr. Ruth
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