Message Number: SG9446 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Lisa Oestereich"
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:06:08 -0400
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] reoccurance of DIC a possiblity? HELP
Message-ID: <25899876.1089131040161.JavaMail.nobody@strontium.smartgroups.com>
It's true for me. I've always had to go back in to remove a second
adrenal about a year after the first. But I've recently had good luck
with Percortin after the second is removed. Scooby lived for two more
years after #2 came out -- but sadly died of Lymphoma.
Lisa
-----Original Message-----
From: Ferret Wise Shelter [mailto:ferretwise@ferretwise.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:21 AM
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] reoccurance of DIC a possiblity? HELP
At 10:42 PM 7/5/04, you wrote:
> >
> > Not to be a party pooper BUT here 95% of all adrenal
> > ferrets become bi-lateral ( meaning second gland is
> > effected about 18-24 months from the first excision.
>
>That is completely contrary to our experience. The
>number here is more like 33%. Our vet certainly
>doesn't believe most adrenal ferrets become bilateral.
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