Message Number: SG3446 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Linda Iroff
Date: 2003-03-02 01:17:43 UTC
Subject: re: Help for intact female that is in season.
To: CozyHammie@aol.com, Ferret Health List <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1046549863@[10.0.1.10]>

Sherri
Dr Williams wrote this to me (via the FHL) when my young jills came in heat
and I did not want to spay them yet:

> The two drugs that you will have the best luck with are Human
> chorionic gonadotrophin (Cystorelin) at 100 IU IM, repeated in 7 days
> if necessary. Or you can use gonadotropin releasing hormone at 20
> ug, repeated in 1 week if necessary. Both of these drugs are most
> effective if given 14 days after the onset of estrus.

My vet used the latter. It worked very well, but 3 months later they both
came back into heat. I had them spayed at that time.

Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH