From:
FHbytheSea@aol.com
Date: 2004-02-22 21:02:30 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] re: adrenal recurrence
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <78.5124625b.2d6a72e6@aol.com>
In a message dated 2/21/04 1:25:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
caitlyn@mizuhoradio.com writes:
> I think Alicia makes an incredibly important point here. A shelter
> environment is not the same as the environment for a ferret in a loving home all
> their life getting all the best of everything. I think it's important to
> remember that just because shelters are experiencing a very high rate of recurrence
> of adrenal disease doesn't mean that everyone else will.
I have to concur. I can't tell you how many ferrets are turned in here every
year *because* the ferret is adrenal. I know that right now, I have 12 ferrets
in the shelter that have already had surgery for adrenal or are scheduled for
surgery.
Rescues would definitely skew the numbers in any tracking of adrenal gland
disease..
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
Shelter Wench in good standing
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org