From:
fhbythesea@aol.com
Date: 2002-06-05 00:11:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Please help with advice and personal experience
In a message dated 6/4/02 4:15:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tanya@s... writes:
<< I posting to ask for your help with my Yoda, 8 y/o (in July) MF
neutered
male fuzzy boy. He's got a very small bald patch on the ridge of his
head
(you know that ridge on their skull btwn the ears, it's right there)
and
he's piddling quite a bit instead of one big pee. He's not straining
in the
slightest to do these pee pees and his skin isn't irritated or scaly
where
it's bald >>
Just my 2c but your boy Yoda is adrenal, IMO. I've seen in male ferrets the
spot between the ears as one of the most common starting places for hairloss.
The frequent urination in my mind signals that his prostate is enlarged and
beginning to affect his ability to pee.
If he's not a surgical candidate (I would do a full blood panel to check for
other problems) then I would start him on Lupron depot shots ASAP.
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org