From:
"Susie Lee"
Date: 2006-11-10 02:16:26 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: posted pics of before-after melatonin implant
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Lupron Depot has just one serious drawback which makes our requests
for these for our shelter ferrets cautious and after a bit of blood
testing to see if the ferret being considered for Lupron has a
healthy liver; the chances of liver shutdown increase after the
second and then increase yet more after each successive Lupron Depot
shot. Only one of our shelter ferrets survived four years on five
shots (most of the twenty-odd ferrets who recieved Lupron Depot for
adrenal symptoms at our shelter ((The Ferret And Dove Sanctuary))
lived comfortably for around two years and then experienced liver
shutdowns that killed them) and that was Sandy LeQuick Ferret whose
pictures are still up on our web-page because she DID survive so
long and symptom-free from her long-term Lupron shots (her pics are
somewhere in the middle of...
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/ferret_rescuer/index.html )
For those who come in already badly health-compromised and already
over 6 or 7 years of age, we're opting for whatever relieves their
discomfort without threat of any side effects possibly pushing them
over the Veil's edge.
Otherwise, and for everyone who has had their ferrets for most or
all of the ferrets' lives, I certainly agree with you, the survival
rate within the first two weeks after most operations is
still "iffy", whereas the survival rate after the Lupron Depot
treatment is 100 per cent as well as good for at least two years'
worth of a happy and comfortable ferret, and, as demonstrated by
Sandy LeQuick Ferret, possibly up to four years' worth (or even a
bit more) of that comfortable and happy living.
Susie Lee for The Ferret And Dove Sanctuary
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...>
wrote:
>
> A member who off list discussed the two ways that melatonin can
cause fur growth with
> me asked that I include some clarification:
> Many times people assume because fur was regrown after using
melatonin that the
> adrenal=20
> tumor is also responding, but since melatonin has TWO ways that it
can start up fur
> growth (the one in the article which doesn't do a thing to help
adrenal tumors) and the
> adrenal hormonal effect (which does help the adrenals) people need
to know that level of
> fur regrowth can't be assumed to translate to a similar level of
help for the adrenal.
> Meltonin implants are good. Lupron depot is better. Those two
should be used together
> because they compliment each other.=20=20=20
> When hyperplasia is present Lupron can actually shrink the adrenal
tumor and it may help
> slow more serious growths. The best that melatonin does is that
it slows and maybe on
> occasion slightly shrinks hyperplasia.
> Melatonin is a LOT better than nothing, but it is not the optimal
approach, especially if
> used alone.
>