From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-07-23 00:59:12 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 23 Jul 2002 00:40:06 -0000 Issue 29
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <17b.ba5df10.2a6e0460@aol.com>
In a message dated 07/22/02 8:40:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> She has gone back into heat
> again, she's too old to do the operation and since she's not showing
> signs of adrenal disease, we're just letting her quietly live out the
> rest of her life in comfort. She's not real active, but when she goes
> out of heat, she does become a little more active.
I'm going to disagree with this statement. If she is actually in heat, then
she has ovarian tissue and that is potentially going to cause some serious
problems with her blood cells. If, as is more likely, she has adrenal
disease, she is not going to "live out her days in comfort". Ferrets with
adrenal disease are tired, lose muscle mass, have decreased appetites, are
more prone to infections, especially of the skin and of the urinary tract,
and should be treated if at all possible. If surgery is not an option, there
are medical treatments that can block the hormones that cause the clinical
signs.
Dr. Ruth
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