From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2003-01-31 23:59:48 UTC
Subject: RE: Leo needs help growing fur
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <32466135.1044057588020.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Leo is young, but not too young to have adrenal disease... unfortunately. It's not that common at that age, but certainly possible, and the hair loss pattern fits.
I've never heard of pred causing the hair loss you describe.
mike
Author wrote:
> Our little Leo (whom I have written about before) has an auto-immune disease and is on a pretty heavy dose of Prednisolone (.35ml twice a day, 5mg/ml strength) to keep it in check. We are slowly working to reduce that down to the minimum effective dose he needs. The problem is that he has been getting thin fur over his shoulders and on his tail and losing fur on his toes, back feet, nose and a couple spots on his tummy.