From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2003-10-01 23:58:16 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] adrenal
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1327032.1065052696774.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
How the ferret does post op depends on how fully the adrenal tissue came out and if an adrenalis atrophied (something we personally have encountered only once).
It is not unusual for some adrenal tissue to remain behind and those ferret often need no meds.
Here is a past post of Dr. Karen Purcell, author of the second edition of _Essentials of Ferrets, a Guide for Practitiioners_:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG6005
including:
>Cortisol levels, sodium and potassium. I like to have values within
>1 week of surgery, I tend to be paranoid about Addison's (I've seen
> more than a few).