From:
"katharine"
Date: 2003-02-23 13:40:43 UTC
Subject: Aggression & Melatonin Again
To: "FerretHeathList" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <007f01c2db41$29e50fb0$7c102cc7@D1CW2811>
I thought I would post this again since I got no responses the first time. =
My vet is interested in hearing what advice is out there. =
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Morgan came from the local animal shelter in early October, an unadoptable.=
They call me to take the ones they don't think they can adopt. He was ne=
arly naked from adrenal. He had surgery in November and had a full body of=
fur within 4-5 weeks. It was amazing! Adrenal tissue had metastasized t=
o the liver, and there was no way to remove it.
Morgan lost his sexual aggression but is still pretty aggressive overall; a=
bully. He will go after the others, male or female, when they are sleepin=
g and get everyone all riled up. It is mostly females. He goes into sleep=
sacks, etc. and picks fights. I started him on Melatonin a few weeks ago =
to see if it would calm him any. I started with 2mg per day. A few days a=
go, I dropped it to 1.5mg per day. I think I see progress and then he star=
ts up again.
I was going to get him a Lupron injection, 4 month, but decided to try the =
Melatonin for a while to see if it would work. I was also debating about m=
onthly Lupron for a couple of months to see if that would help.
Any suggestions? Give the Melatonin more time? Try the 4 month Lupron? 1=
mg or 2 mg? Try the monthly? Strength? Try a Melatonin implant?
Katharin