From:
"Linda St-Onge"
Date: 2003-07-22 20:07:47 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] if it's Adrenal Disease/part 2
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Law14-F70RPGbWXeTpN0001bead@hotmail.com>
Thanks for your message...
You have a really good explanation of why vets want to wait.... and I
agree...
You seem to have good experience and knowledge in Adrenal Disease..
So, I'm wondering what to do now....
If we wait a month to see evolution, and the hairs grow back again,
the vet will not want to do the surgery.... but like you said, the disease
can
come back on next shedding, means this fall or next spring ?
Is the time between now and next shedding not too long ?
The disease will not be stronger, and mabe problems to anticipate.....
>From: Steve Austin <kazpat1@juno.com>
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] if it's Adrenal Disease/part 2
>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:38:10 -0400
>
>I have heard of a few cases where there was adrenal signs and normal
>looking adrenal glands, and then a few months later signs progressed and
>a second surgery was done. So, maybe some vets want to be sure that
>they will get in there and be able to see which adrenal is clearly
>affected.
>Also, some vets who don't do a lot of ferrets will be more likely to wait
>than
>those who see tons.
>
>The first time I got a rescue with small dime shape hair loss, three vets
>wanted
>to wait, including my regular vet ( none were big time ferret vets), the
>hair
>grew back and since she was a recent rescue I didn't know if it was
>"diet" related
>( which now I know is not ever the case) and the following shed season
>she
>lost all of her fur ( well about 1/2 and quickly) , no one was in doubt
>any more.
>
>I have found that with personal ferrets I will wait a little, with
>rescues I don't wait
>because it is usually on going for months or years with rescues.
>Males I won't wait so long as females. Just my own preferences when I do
>wait.
>
>Now that my vet is more used to me and vice versa, I can just call him up
>and schedule the surgery and he doesn't even ask. Once it was a rescue
>with
>a beautiful coat of fur, and a minimally swollen vulva, had a huge tumor.
>The history was of fur loss the season before by the previous owner, and
>that was what we went on. He was a little hesitant because the fur was
>perfect.
>
>Patty
>
>On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:59:54 +0100 (BST) linsto@hotmail.com writes:
> > Finally, my vet called me tonight...
> > She said Cookie is in great shape, OK he's a small ferret (2 pounds)
> > and we don't have to worry since hairloss is not bigger.... She said
> > we can wait to see the evolution.... She also said there's one
> > bloodtest which is very expensive in Tenessee(US) but it's not
> > really necessary. She wants me to take an appointment for Cookie in
> > a month so we will be able to see ... How come vets seems always to
> > wait in Adrenal Disease? Is-it to be sure of the diagnostic?
> >
>
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