From:
russell foames
Date: 2008-09-18 21:19:00 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Spaying Questions and Pivot's choices: a female=
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
hi
=C2=A0
sorry to put a downer on the subject just thought id tell you that my fanta=
stic ferret hallie was 9months old when we had her spayd and after she had =
been done she change very dramaticly she became upset and=C2=A0 eventually =
we found that she had got into the dryer and died i then spoke to a friend =
from an internet website who said that she should not have been spayd at su=
ch a young age (as my vet had suggested)and once a ferret makes its mind up=
to die nothing will prevent it from doing so ,if i had to make the choice =
again i wouldnt have had hallie done worse thing iv ever done as she was on=
ly young when she died many thanks russ
From: Tony Clarke <Tonytclarke@aol.com>
in first estrus at 7 months of age
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@ yahoogroups. com, Sukie Crandall <sukie@...> wrote:
>
> We'd LIKE to wait till Pivot is over a year before spaying. In
> the charts of adrenal disease onset there is not an significant
> difference between an early spay and spaying at her current age.
> After a year of age there might be a difference.
You didn't say how old Pivot is right now.
I am very interested in this topic after my recent experience of
Sugar becoming adrenal.
In the future if I have another female ferret I too would like an
alternative to spaying (at least before first estrus).
Tony.
My home is ferret proof - my heart is not.
=20=20=20=20=20
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