Hello S, LUMP ... Whilst I do not know enough about ferret biology to speculate on this issue, I suggest that you have a vet with ferret experience examine ...
Hi S, I would suggest that your first step would be to take them to a ferret knowledgeable vet and have them both checked over. I would be very concerned about...
Thank you for the quick reply. Their limbs are developing well, and otherwise seem all normal. The condition has been there since birth, so it is difficult to...
I have searched for the information on the recall I came across last summer - and since it has disappeared from the Internet, I will have to presume it was an...
I've recently been told that mixed (not dry) lupron is OK for several months refrigerated. This person says that that's how lupron is stored for humans. This...
Actually, when they are well studied it turns out that most of the NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED food choices, whether kibble or home-provided don't have anywhere...
Which side of the abdomen? Is it hard, soft, or blistery? Other details? This ferret is overdue for a vet appointment. With the fur loss there may very...
If a person wants to see which pet foods had recalls last year as of October: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/ If memory serves i think...
... That also goes against what i have read so in case things have changed check with a pharmacist. That is the expert who will be able to get you a correct...
I personally have contacted the Medical Arts laboratory that I get the Lupron depot from, and they told me to freeze it, but I can not remember the life span...
Clover, As for ferrets never reading the medical books YES, they don't always follow the clasic signs for adrenal as well as Insulinoma. Case in Point, My Noel...
Hi S; Everyone is right. The lump you mentioned could be a cyst, tumor or well who knows. Short of cash or not you need to have it looked at, maybe aspirated...
Well, I checked with the university vet clinic this woman gets her lupron from. The vet there says that on the advice of his pharmacist, he's just been...
Most things only tell how to store the powder. I suspect the lack of preservative is why it is frozen: http://www.drugs.com/cdi/lupron-depot-suspension.html ...
We took Boo to the reg. vet apt we hadchedculed on Monday she said he was doing better but didn't ant to give him a rabies shot cause she didn't want to stress...
Jess, because ferrets have a high body temp normally (100-103) they do much better in the cool-cold than warm-hot. We try to keep our house temp from 65-68...
I did a search on lupron storage and found an interesting discussion. A woman was wondering whether the expiration date on her (mixed, refrigerated) bottle of...
BEGIN QUOTE Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2008 Jan;11(1):107-23. Pancreatic endocrinopathies in ferrets. Chen S. Gulf Coast Avian and Exotics, Gulf Coast...
Sukie Crandall
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Jan 3, 2008 9:05 pm
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Hello!! I am new to the group though not new to yahoo groups. I have a rattery (I breed and rescue) in southern New Jersey. Since I take in rats occasionally I...
Jess, Winter temp in our house here in NW Illinois is kept between 60 and 64 degrees except on windy days when it is cranked up to 66. They all have no...
Are you saying that less then 70%, by almost half, of your ferrets DO NOT get adrenal disease? My experience in over a decade is that over 90% (Almost all) of...
A month or more ago someone off-list was confused about insulinoma. When all else was tucked away safe and sound with further information one aspect of...
Sukie Crandall
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Jan 4, 2008 8:58 pm
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That is of all of the ferrets over the 26 years. All but 2 (Juvenile Lymphoma, Myofasciitis) reached ages over 6 if I recall right (though one or two with...
We have had 17 ferrets over the years since 1993. Of the 4 pet store guys one had adrenal at 3 years. She lived to be 7 1/2. The other 3 have passed away...
My group is scientifically a small number, but my experience matches yours. * YES - Our first ferret (female, MF, sable) died at about 5 years old from adrenal...
I think my ferret has adrenal and insulinoma disease. He is going to the vet monday -- Forget the risk Take the fall If it's meant to be It's worth it all!!!!...
Question about 2 of my ferrets meds: "Maggie" has insulinoma and has been taking prednisilone for many months now (she is too old to be a surgical candidate @...
What are the sifgns of Adrenal disease and insulinoma disease? We want to watch out for them,... :) Jess, Em, Boo, and Koda (Our newest addition - 7 weeks old)...
I am writing to the person who is credited for the statement in the article. He isn't a U.S. vet nor a person who has written research papers on adrenal...
Opps, I left out a juvenile who died about 26 years ago of what was thought to possibly have been avian mycobacteria so she probably already had an underlying,...
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