From:
Linda Iroff
Date: 2004-09-01 21:26:31 UTC
Subject: age at neutering
To: Ferret Health List <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-id: <97C3CC8E-FC5D-11D8-9159-000A95DA8BEE@oberlin.edu>
Teresa writes
> But surely there's an easy happy medium here... altering at 6 months
> would minimize both problems, wouldn't it?
Not necessarily.
I've owned 6 ferrets privately. All were altered at 5.5 to 8.5 months
old. Two females went through a heat cycle (brought out with hormone
injection).
All 6 ferrets (2 males, 4 females) have had adrenal disease, with first
symptoms at ages 2.5 to 5 years old.
"Late" neutering is not the answer, if by late you mean around 6 months
old.
Linda Iroff