Message Number: SG14622 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-07-06 22:21:47 UTC
Subject: RE: Ferret lifespan and Melatonin
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8224154.1120688507853.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Melatonin by itself is not optimal. You should check -- depending on your location -- on also providing Lupron or Suprelorin.

These will help you:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/adrenal.htm
and
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/melatonin.htm

and if your vet gets the Journal of Exotic Mammal Medicine and Surgery there are two articles in the current issue which you and your vet should read, one by Dr. Jerry Murray and one by Dr. Cathy Johnson-Delaney.