From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2005-04-09 13:10:15 UTC
Subject: RE: 2 frts lost topcoat around base of tail
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2376964.1113052215860.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I believe this is one case where a photo would help. Under a year old and to have adrenal disease is not unheard of, but it would be very unusual. It's the right time of year, could this just be the normal spring coat change? Some can change pretty drastically. If you saw Spaz with his winter coat and then with his summer coat, you'd swear it is not the same ferret.
Yes, melatonin can mask the symptoms of adrenal disease and at their age it *may* help to prevent or delay the onset of it.
mike
Author wrote:
> I have two out of ten young ferrets, each is not even a year old but coming up on it. These two are males and each has white hair visible around their tail bases. It looks like their topcoat, the long colored hairs, are not growing there anymore.
> Is this the beginning of adrenal.