From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2008-11-03 22:30:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Adrenal treatment
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Clarke" <Tonytclarke@...>
wrote:
>
> Sugar's progress
>
> Day 10.
>
> Sugar's vulva has decreased in size to about 50% of what it was on
> the day she was treated.
> I first saw a change about day 5 but I couldn't persuade myself
> that it wasn't my imagination. I have checked every day and the
> changes are so small day by day that it is hard to see a difference
> but now I am sure.
>
> Day 30
>
> Sugar's vulva is now less then half its maximum size, the day to day
> changes are imperceptible but it is smaller than day 10. Her skin
> pigment has lost its very pink color and her fur feels softer. At
> this time of year they all get combed every day with a fine steel
> flea comb as this helps me judge the condition of their under fur by
> the feel of the comb. Over the last few days I have started to get a
> few wisps of fur from Sugar and this is about the time of year my
> ferrets begin to put on their winter coats.
> All my ferrets seem to take 4-6 weeks, centered around October to
> complete this process. The timing may be climate/latitude influenced
> but its always the same.
> She has become more playful over the past few days, more like her
> old self.
>
> Day 60
>
> Sugar's vulva is now 5-10% of its maximum size, the changes seem to
> happen in a non linear way, nothing seems to happen for a week and
> then a big reduction in size almost overnight.
> She seems to have almost finished shedding her summer coat, I am
> combing out less day by day, she was a bit skimpy in the fur
> department anyway but she had no bald patches.
> She has become livelier than she was prior to the implant and is
> now enjoying a good wrestle everday with Suki. Her appetite seems
> to have improved but that may be just stoking up for the colder
> weather.
>
> Tony.
>
There is a side effect that has only become noticable in the last few
days. Sugar is an albino and I have always been proud of all my
albinos snow white fur with never a trace of yellow. Sugar over the
past few days has developed very dark yellow patches around her neck
and shoulder areas, I realise that this must be due to an increase in
the production of oils from her skin, there is no change in her very
slight normal musky scent.
If anyone can postulate a reason why a decrease in estrogen and
associated hormones should result in increased oil production I will
be all ears as I always associated this with raised testosterone
(hobs seem to be more yellow than jills usually)
Tony
> [Mod: some other past posts on the deslorelin treatment for Sugar:
>
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL5931
> http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL5964 ]
>
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