From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2006-11-17 18:48:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: cushing disease
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
You give very little information.
Some ideas on questions you should answer in a follow-up post:
What country are you in? It may be that an FML member or member vet will be able to
point you to a vet there who has treated this in ferrets.
Also, WHY does the vet think that surgery is too dangerous, and are complications being
encountered?
Is the ferret encountering the serious anemia which AAE can cause? It IS possible to do
blood transfusions and even marrow transplants for ferrets, and meds like Epogen can
help.
Is the vet providing medications which are proven to help ferrets such as deslorelin/
Suprelorin, Lupron, melatonin?
Is the ferret having prostate problems and if so are meds for that, esp, Proscar/Propecia
being given?
Here are some sources of information about adrenal disease in ferrets divided by subject
so, for instance, you can skip to anemia, or to prostate:
Here are some basics. Note that some ferrets have only one symptom. Some may have no
symptoms until a complication appears. Others will have multiple symptoms.
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/basics.htm
>From a ferret vet:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/adrenal.htm
and there are more at that site, including some excellent ones by Mike Janke with review
by ferret vets.
>From the FHL Archives (which can be linked to from our home page by clicking on the bold
text mentioning archives):
>From vets:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG15827
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG5436
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG2049
(each also contains important complications info)
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=YG1952
(notice why it is not Cushings)
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG5054
(untreated adrenal disease and why it is not fair to fail to treat)
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG10790
(Old, but may have some info you need. Since then have your vet look into the vet journal
articles of Dr. Nico Schoemaker, too.)
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16270
(another study which will produce an article worth reading if it hasn't already)
>From others or a combo and worth reading:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16126
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16112
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG15327
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG17126
(Notice the importance of providing enough complete darkness for ferrets, esp. those who
have been neutered. Try for around 14 hours being available in each 24 hour period.
Sleeping boxes and other places to escape light help greatly. In just recently released
studies amber light has the least effect on reducing the melatonin the body itself
produces, whereas blue is the worst light for that disruption with green also bad, so if you
need to use a dim bulb for some reason try amber for those times but do provide places to
escape light. Notice that many white lights, plus monitors and tv screens are heavy on blue
wave length components.)
and there is a lot more in the archives
Be sure to see also:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/adrenal.htm
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/24hr_lupron.htm
(why to not use the 24 Lupron)
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/melatonin.htm
to start off.
Some complications info you hopefully won't need:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG15827
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG5436
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG2049
prostate:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG6795
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG5436
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16791
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG12819
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG10132
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG9678
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG8354
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG7311
Addisons:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/addisons.htm
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG9938
(also mentions Vetalog)
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG9931
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG16232
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/browse.php?msg=SG12920
Related anemia:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG15827
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