Message Number: SG15993 | New FHL Archives Search
From: AFERRETVET@cs.com
Date: 2005-11-15 00:59:06 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Genetics
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com

Hi Shirley,
The real question is: at what age wer your ferrets
spayed or neutered? If you have intact ferrets
then adrenal gland disease is very unlikely because
the ovaries or testicles will respond to the LH and make
the LH receptors on the adrenal glands nonfunctional.
If you waited till after they went into heat before you spayed
or neutered them, then same thing happened. The ovaries
or testicles producing the sex hormones maked the
LH receptors on the adrenal glands nonfunctional.
However if they were spayed or neutered at 4-5 weeks of
age (neonatal) just like pet ferrets here in the USA, then
keeping the lights on day and night will increase the LH
level and add to the stimulation of the adrenal glands. This
chronic over stimulation of the adrenal glands eventually
causes adrenal gland disease to develop.
Are your ferrets intact or fixed? and if they were fixed,
at what age were they fixed?
Jerry



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