From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2003-03-29 15:16:30 UTC
Subject: RE: insulinoma surgery, no adrenals
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <25255134.1048950990125.JavaMail.root@scandium>
I'm hardly an expert on ferret anatomy, but it doesn't seem possible that an adrenal gland could physically push on the prostate due to their location on top of the kidneys and the prostate tissue's location aft of the bladder. Maybe if a gland was massively enlarged? However, you said his adrenals were atrophied. The biggest problem is the hormones being produced by adrenal disease causing a swelling of the prostate.
Like Sukie said, perhaps a urinary tract infection. Or stones/crystals?
mike
Author wrote:
> causing Odo's peeing issue (that he doesn't want to
> pee unless he really has to and he seems long periods
> of time before he does, then whines when he does. We
> had thought that his adrenal gland was pushing on his
> prostate but that is not the case