Message Number: SG2196 | New FHL Archives Search
From: daneedv@aol.com
Date: 2002-11-10 23:49:16 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] third adrenal glands
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <32102675.1036972156812.JavaMail.root@scandium>

Author wrote:
> Sukie: I had a ferret about 6 years ago that had one adrenal removed, then
> the other adrenal removed 6 months later and we continued to do the
> Tennessee Panel on her which, after another 6 months, showed adrenal
> disease.

About 10 years ago, we had a ferret, an MF sprite, that developed a serious lung cancer, and eventually had to be put down. When my vet did a necropsy, he found 3 healthy adrenal glands. She had never had any surgery.
This was the first time he had encountered this, but has since seen it in other ferrets, although not a lot.
Danee, in Alexandria, VA