From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-03-15 03:31:46 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 14 Mar 2003 14:39:01 -0000 Issue 255
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <76.2b616dc4.2ba3f8a2@aol.com>
In a message dated 03/14/03 6:02:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> well, onion had an ultrasound and it showed two ballooned adrenal glands.
> my vet didn't give me much hope. he said that it would be extrememly
> difficult for onion to cope with no glands. we took yet another tumour out
> of his tummy.
> they want to give him shots. once a month. but surgery is pretty much out
> of the question. (this is advice given by Guelph U.)
> can anyone give any feedback? i don't want to lose him.
Bilateral adrenalectomies are done all the time in my neck of the woods. The
trick is to realize that once the surgery has been done, the ferret will
require supplementation with medications that he can no longer produce. Pred
and Percorten are what I tend to use, pred and Florinef is also commonly
used. These ferrets can do quite well, so surgery remains an option is Onion
can withstand the actual procedure.
Dr. Ruth
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Find it. Fix it. And fly again.