From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2005-03-08 02:55:05 UTC
Subject: Female in Season Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 7 Mar 2005 16:41:03 -0000 Issue 939
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1dd.38c49566.2f5e6e09@aol.com>
In a message dated 03/07/05 12:02:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, =
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
We were told that B=C3=A4rli will be in around 4 weeks, back to normal and =
we =
have to wait... =
I hope that's not dangerous for her. So, we have to wait 4 weeks till she i=
s =
normal and then spay her ...
Although some ferrets will go out of heat on their own, the majority do not=
=
and that can be very dangerous for them. If a female ferret stays in heat =
for =
too long, she can develop estrogen toxicity and become anemic to the point =
of =
dying.
You need to find either a vet who will give her a hormone injection to take=
=
her out of season (or spay her while in season), or breed her with a =
vasectomized male and then get her spayed once she has come out of season.
Dr. Ruth
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