From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2004-06-20 22:31:07 UTC
Subject: Adrenal without usual symptoms (was: obese ferret)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20040620223107.79125.qmail@web50809.mail.yahoo.com>
--- amy.seyler@verizon.net wrote:
> I will definitely bring this up -- my first thought
> was heart but my second thought was adrenal! But
> again, he shows no symptoms of adrenal disease
> either -- no hair loss or aggressive behavior.
Hi, Amy, and everyone else,
That doesn't mean anything. Pertwee's only symptom
was weight loss until right before his surgery. He
had a large adrenal carcinoma and a second one after
that. Romana never lost any hair. Her only symptom
was a swollen vulva. There have been ferrets in our
local club who went in for a different surgery (i.e.:
insulinoma) and an adrenal tumor was discovered when
the vet opened the ferret up. We're talking adrenal
disease with no symptoms at all.
You may want to consider a Tennessee Panel to rule in
or out adrenal disease. Of course, sometimes that has
inconclusive results too.
All the best,
Caity and the non-stp six
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