From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2002-09-10 18:51:50 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] ADRENAL/INSULINOMA RESCUE
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <20020910145150.771be8e2.whiteweasel@earthlink.net>
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:01:24 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
sutar@juno.com wrote:
> .AS OF NOW SURGERY IS NOT AN OPTION DUE TO
> HIS ADVANCED AGE ( OUR GUESS IS 7 YRS)
If Timmy is strong age seven is not too old for adrenal surgery. Podo
had a right adrenal gland removed with vena cava ligation at age seven
and a half. I'd ask him if he's too old but he's usually busy bouncing
around and playing :) He had an insulinoma surgery since then, too.
The decision on whether or not a ferret is a surgical candidate or not
is, IMHO, not based solely on chronological age. It is based on what
kind of shape the ferret is in.
All the best,
Caity and the notorious nine