From:
alicia ferretlady drakiotes
Date: 2005-11-13 02:20:14 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Genetics
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
--- "S.Hewett" <smhewett@dodo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Belinda,
>
> We do occasionally get adrenal disease and
> insulinoma here in Western
> Australia, but in ferrets over 5 years old. Most
> times it seems to be
> caused by diet (kibble) but we have yet to see it
> occur in any particular
> line of ferrets, so it appears not to be genetic.
> Also, the adrenal ferrets
> come from different types of housing arrangements,
> so light/dark seems to
> have no bearing. (I do have a suspicion that
> exposure to natural daylight
> is more important than occlusion of light. One
> shelter mum in US has
> spontaneous remissions of adrenal disease after
> putting her little balding
> rescues in a sunny position.)
LIkewise I know of several people who had INTACT
females of a young age 2or under years who were
balding. One case (PA) it was found in the end the
ferret was kept in a room with shades drawn all the
time ( so no oe knew they had ferrets in the apt).
Once the ferret was returned to the daylight-- a
remission of the balding was evidenced.
I agree Shirley with the daylight theory.
Alicia Drakiotes www.ferretwise.org
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