From:
"Montgomery, Vicki E"
Date: 2005-11-21 16:32:05 UTC
Subject: My ferret's health
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
This is of course speculation... but perhaps.. your ferret has a few
stray adrenal cells left inside that are causing her hair loss.
Total removal of adrenal tissue does not cause hairloss.. and I'm not
aware of male pattern baldness being a problem in animals other than
primates, male or female. Having residual tissue is the same thing as if
the actual glands were still present to some degree. Any tissue has the
potential of causing traditional adrenal tumor symptoms. So...
How long did you have her on the melatonin? at least 6 weeks? was it an
implant or did you crush a pill and mix with something?
I would put her back on the melatonin implant and leave her on it...
now that is just for symptoms of adrenal disease... for the actual
disease- well if this is a case of stray cells vets will be hard put to
find the location and offending tissue. At this point you can try the
Tennessee Panel and if your vet finds there is still adrenal disease
present maybe Lupron Depot injections.. not sure how that would work
with the precortin though... IMO - at 7 with a double adrenalectomy
(effectively) and on melatonin just love her for the remaining time that
she has.. which could be days or could be years... she's in the same
hands as the rest of us.
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From: smurgo1@umbc.edu
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Hello, I just joined this group and wanted to ask a couple of questions
to anybody who might have any more insight on what my ferret is going
through.
She is a spayed "marshall" ferret.
She is just turning 7 years old and she has been through about 4
surgeries.
1st surgery was a chordoma on her tail, the doctor just snipped part of
the tail off.
2nd surgery was adrenal disease and the doctor removed one of the
adrenal glands.
3rd surgery was to remove hairballs,
and the 4th one was this past July for another adrenal gland problem in
which the doctor removed all the adrenal glands.
This I believe leads into her current condition now.
She is playful and ALWAYS has been. She eats well. But the big problem
is that she is losing her hair badly. She is basically at the point
where she has no more hair now except for her head. I give her pedipred
(.3cc) at night daily. And she goes to the doctor once a month for a
precortinin injection. Her blood tests have always been fine but the
very last one they said she had a high liver level. (not sure what that
means) when she first showed the signs of losing hair about 4 months ago
they had me try (melatonin) but that did not seem to do anything. I
asked the doctor most recently if her hair loss was something that i
should be concerned about and he said no. But isnt this hair loss being
caused by something? Isn't it a sign of something? Or is it just because
of no more adrenal glands? Do you think she will ever be able to regrown
hair again, or is it an age thing? I didn't think animals were supposed
to lose their hair even if they are old.
I'm not sure what the pedipred does... is that the right medicine i
should be giving. Or is this high liver level now a big problem? Believe
me i have asked these questions to my ferret specialist doctor, but he
never gives me a straight answer. So I ask these questions of anybody
that may know.
Thank you
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