From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-01-05 18:20:48 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferretonin/Melatonin buys time until surgery
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I was happy to see so many people pointing out the importance of surgery!
Preventive measures make sense, too. In our own case we make sure that
the ferrets ALWAYS have access to places where they can sleep in
COMPLETE DARKNESS, but you will find other approaches in a number of
archive posts. The thing is to reduce the body's production of LH and FSH.
It is NOT hard to provide places where ferrets have darkness: nest boxes
and dark sleep sacks in already dark areas like the far corner of a long closet,
deep under a trunk that is on short legs, under furniture with black covers
draped over it, and loads more all work great.
Here are some up to date references you will want to read:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG105
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG11525
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG10132
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/adrenal.htm
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/melatonin.htm
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG16508
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG7879
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG6795
This one is old and current research plus independent confirmation
studies now show the pathway to tumor growth:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG9845
This one's old and studies have been done since:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG2073
Certainly, there are more.
Sukie (not a vet)
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