From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-04-25 09:45:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Adrenal Disease questions
> Bryan & Becky wrote:
>
> I have a five year old female ferret that is showing signs of adrenal
> disease. She is losing the fur on her back from just above her tail
> to halfway up her back, she's not bald, just thinning. Her vulva is
> starting to swell and there is some discharge, she's also showing
> signs of aggression toward her sister. I was wondering what the best
> course of treatment would be for a ferret of her age.
Surgery is the best treatment in my opinion. It can be curative where
drug treatments are just treating the symptoms and letting the tumor
grow. Assuming a fairly healthy ferret, 5 yrs old is not to old for
surgery at all. I just had surgery for my little girl who is 4. She took
it real easily and now shows signs that it was a successful surgery.
Hair hasn't come back yet, but her vulva is back to normal. They found a
bad left adrenal and removed it. I am not a vet.
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