From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2009-08-07 22:14:29 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Adrenal treatment progress after suprelorin implant
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Clarke" <Tonytclarke@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Clarke" <Tonytclarke@> wrote:
> 9 months
>
> Sugar is still symptomless at the 9 mth point.
> After shedding her winter coat she now has no traces of yellowing and is pristine white.
> Appetite, activity levels and weight are still good.
>
12 months.
Sugar is still symptomless at the 12 mth point, however she has developed rat tail over the past few weeks. Her general health and activity levels are very good.
Taking the folowing points into consideration I have decided to reimplant now.
1. The nominal effective duration of the implant is 12 months.
2. The rat tail (I know it may not be significant).
3. My natural caution.
4. Adrenal problems can come back with a vengeance if medication is ceased or interrupted.
Suki, her companion who is 1 year younger than Sugar has shown increasing peculiar grooming behavior over the last 3 months. She alternatively nibbles her left forepaw and foreleg and then my hand, swapping from one to the other every few seconds, she has to be physically restrained before she stops this and I can't see any thing wrong with her paw. She has also shown increased itchyness over the past few weeks, increasing in frequency of scratching sessions over this time. As the grooming behavior and itching are both possible minor adrenal symptoms she also now has the implant as a precaution and diagnostic.
I am also so proud that my vet said to me, "I have diagnosed my first adrenal ferret last week. I don't count the ones you diagnosed yourself".
Tony
Dogs have owners, ferrets have staff.
> > [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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