From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2003-06-16 18:14:31 UTC
Subject: RE: Not Treating Adrenal Disease
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6214891.1055787271283.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Hoarding is a problem which causes serious health and longevity problems for ferrets.
In case these may help here are some sites on the topic:
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding.html Animal hoarding research
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/MunicipaLawyer.pdf download article on animal hoarding
http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0454.html Illinois public act on humane animal care
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html article on people who hoard animals
If the ferret is left untreated what can happen? That depends on the ferret and which adrenal in involved. Certainly a right one may grow into the liver or the Vena Cava. Neoplasia left over time have an increased chance of further changes which may become malignant (I know that one of the vets said something about this is a past post but cam't recall details). If there are behavior changes the individual can suffer from increasing social isolation. A male can develop prostate problems and perhaps even become unable to urinate. A female may have repeated or chronic vaginal infections or UTIs. The skin may develop sores and also become incredibly itchy. And so on...