From:
d6n6b6@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2005-04-22 06:52:00 UTC
Subject: RE: ferrets with adrenal disease in vienna
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5206838.1114152720260.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Hi Petra,
I'm not Mike, and I'm sure that he or someone else will address the melaton=
in-issue specifically.
We don't have melatonin-implants where I live (yet?) but ferrets over here =
get neutered later than the average ferret in the US, so we do have lots of=
experience with unneutered males...
And I can tell you one thing: a whole male can cause a lot of stress in oth=
er ferrets, both male and female. I have even heard of many cases of Helic=
obacter because of a whole male in the house. My advice is to keep them se=
parated as much as you can. =
Regards,
Wendy
Author wrote:
> Dear Mike,
> do you remember my two brothers with adrenal disease, they got a
> melatonin-implant (feretonin) from the melatek company. Now I have a
> question:
> You know I=B4m a Shelter and I have some poor ferrets here in my home.
> They play in the same room at different times. So my problem is a male
> ferret, who isn=B4t neutered yet. He is in heat and the two brothers smel=
l
> him. They get crazy. Please, can you tell me, if it is bad, that I have
> ferrets in heat near of ferrets with adrenal disease with
> melatonin-implant.
> Is ist possible, that this has a bad influence on the effects of
> melatonin? What about a female ferret with melatonin-implant? What about
> the reaction of female ferrets with the melatonin-implant? Is it good or
> bad for her to meet a male ferret in heat? Please tell me your opinion.
> Many thanks in advance
> sincerely Petra!
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