Message Number: SG11536 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Joanne D'Amico"
Date: 2004-11-21 03:08:56 UTC
Subject: RE: Melatonin Implants
To: "Ferret Health Digest" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <000f01c4cf77$7045ffb0$230110ac@OFFICE>

Dear Carol: The implants are not radical. They are a godsend for those of u=
s who cannot be home at 2-3PM every day to administer oral melatonin. I tri=
ed giving mine the melatonin when I got home every day - from 6 - 7 pm ... =
for a year, and it didn't help. Now, thanks to the implants, two are still =
adrenal free (so far), one who was scheduled for surgery reverted to negati=
ve - all his fur grew back and his hormones on the Tennessee panel came bac=
k normal - and my two with inoperable adrenal tumors who cannot have adrena=
l surgery are still alive and bouncing around after 11 1/2 months .... (Tho=
se two are also on lupron and propecia).

While I don't think the implants are THE answer - yet - so far, they have w=
orked better than anything else I have tried. This is the longest mine have=
been crisis free. I started my newest adoptee on the implants and I will b=
e amazed and eternally grateful if the three healthy ones don't become adre=
nal. So please don't be too quick to jump to conclusions ... everyone wants=
the best for their ferrets, and many of us will disagree on what that is .=
... by the way, I got the idea from one of the most respected ferret vets i=
n the country - Dr. Jerry Murray, and my vet is quite pleased with what she=
is seeing in her patients so far .... good luck, I hope yours stay well an=
d live long and happy fuzzy lives ....