From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2005-11-06 20:52:13 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Right after 2nd adrenal removal - How to proceed?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Hi, everyone,
--- April Armstrong Campbell <grape_apes@charter.net>
wrote:
>
> 2. Removing both adrenal glands: Some vets would
> recommend against ever removing both, perhaps
> removing one and debulking the other.
Our original vet, who had 35 years of experience
treating ferrets before he retired, and who pioneered
right adrenal surgery for ferrets (the vena cava
ligation technique) believed that if you leave in any
part at all of a diseases adrenal gland you also leave
the disease in there. He strongly advocated
completely removing any diseased adrenal glands.
None of the vets who have treated my ferrets would
have opted for debulking.
>
> He lived happily and normally for another couple of
> months, (was weaned off the steroids after the first
> month), and did great, till he died unexpectedly
> while boarding at my hospital, probably of an
> Addisonian crisis.
This is why many vets (indeed all the ones who have
seen my ferrets) believe prednisolone and florinef are
for life. You do recheck electrolytes periodically
and adjust if needed but we have never tried to wean a
ferret off these meds.
All the best,
Caity and the fantastic five
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