From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2005-05-08 02:15:45 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Lupron Injections
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2891371.1115519310190.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium.smartgroups.com>
Hi, everyone,
I agree with Mike and with Sukie. In an older ferret
with medical problems lupron is great for relieving
symptoms in a lot of cases. It's expensive but it
works. It does not cure the disease and the tumor
does keep growing.
Our Podo had his right adrenal gland out when he was
seven and a half. His left was fine at the time. Two
years later symptoms started to recur. At that point,
at age nine and a half, Podo had cardiomyopathy and
insulinoma and simply wasn't a good surgical
candidate. Our vet at the time put him on the one
month depot and his symptoms disappeared. With
monthly injections he had no further adrenal symptoms
during the last six months of his life.
Wih no medical records and a geriatric ferret I
understand your reluctance to have surgery done. I've
had ferrets have surgeries at seven or eight for
insulinoma or adrenal disease and do fine afterwards
for as much as a couple of years but these were
otherwise healthy, strong ferrets with known medical
histories. Quality of life means everything and it
seems like Missy has that. In your position I don't
think I'd change a thing.
All the best,
Caity and the fantastic five