One of our vets tried Flutamide, a drug for prostate cancer patients, for our male adrenal ferrets who where having prostate problems. We have several in...
Hi POatrice, We used to use flutamide too- the problem is if you miss a single dose the problem can get worse. ( and believe me there is NOTHING worse than a...
thanx for the in formation everyone; while nothing matches up exactly to what Bobo has (no flaky/crusty/scabby/red/dry skin), his cage condition is very clean,...
Ferret First Aid (I still need to read this but since it is by Dr. Bruce Williams I know it will be excellent.): ...
Sukie Crandall
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Jan 1, 2009 7:22 pm
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She's not, but that's what it looks like. Her claws are clipped approximately every two weeks, and in between the time her nails were last trimmed and Friday...
That sounds like it could be a keratosis. I've never heard of anything being terribly useful for them that I can recall but check the easily used FHL Archives...
Another Google alert on the topic of ferrets just came in and it is to a piece that Dr. Karen Rosenthal did on a ferret who is coughing and sneezing a lot: ...
Sukie Crandall
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Jan 1, 2009 7:47 pm
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... Would that have grown so quickly? It's about 2/3 the length of a regular toe now. I'm familiar with actinic keratosis in humans, but those are typically...
I recently lost my dear sweet ferret Hicks to Lymphosarcoma and noticing a "hole" in the family went to a ferret rescue to meet some of the little ones needing...
Hi Diane Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is often low in ferrets with chronic diarrhea. Supplementing B12 is useful in those cases, but it has to be giving by...
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Jan 1, 2009 10:38 pm
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Please help ASAP. A friend has an older male ferret that eats (Totally Ferret, ZuPreem and TFS Supreme) but then vomits it up. She took him to the (so called)...
Some of you may know of Rhea, an Ohio baby. I posted when I first received her because she was attacking me. At that time, the vet and I decided a melatonin...
Steve and I have two ferrets who tend to show adrenal symptoms for NON-adrenal reasons. You may want to do what we just did (again) for those two and have a TN...
Diane, I don't know if this will help or not but I have used vit B12 for 3 of my ferts at various times to stimulate appetite and it has worked quite well. I...
Often when B-12 is needed it is not absorbed well enough orally. In that case injection is the way to go. The amount needed orally to equal the same level...
lily's leg has become even more swollen to the point of her not having no movment or not being able to put any weight on it of couse we have been to the vet a...
Your photos in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/photos/album/1569504286/pic/list show the level of swelling we are used to seeing with myofasciitis: ...
... high. ... thinks that more is needed. In the two cases that we used B12 for appetite stimulation, a single injection did the trick. I remember one case...
Hi Carol, I think a bit more information is needed before ideas might be suggested. How old is the ferret ('older' is a relative term)? How long is it since...
Suki, Was the lupron continued with Whizbang or given only once and has Telemna been tested for adrenal disease? Karen McCabe http://www.cinnamonsprite.net...
Telemna is known to be fine. That behavior is just her and always has been her. You don't want to know where she has nipped some of the others! Whiz did not...
Hello Misty, I remember Rhea. :) Have you had the adrenal panel run and/or have you tried lupron yet? I'm still of the belief that your girl is adrenal. The...
... If adrenal disease has not been considered and looked for you don't know that. Her behavior towards your other ferrets may be an indicator. ... Lupron...
... As indicated we KNOW this is not happening. ... Each time Whizbang has done this she HAS been tested for adrenal disease and given Lupron. We realize that...
Hey Millie, these spots look exactly like Chaco's did when he was first diagnosed. Hi Misty, We have a permenant foster in my care names Chaco. He went...
Dear All, I need your help, because we are at a loss. We went out for New Years Eve and when we arrived at home, my 2,5 years old whole sable hob, Morgan, was...
I took Baby in a 6.5 yr old MF female in because she had lost 200 grams (800 to 600) in a few weeks and she had red infected gums. Opposite her canines she had...
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