>From:    Sukie Crandall <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: prostate
>>From:    michelle trocine <>
>>I know this may sound odd but I was wondering if anyone knew the answer.
>>In male ferrets in the later stages of adreanal their prostate can swell
>>and block the flow of urine.  I know that they remove peoples prostates...
>>can they safely remove a ferrets.
>
>The last I heard it is considered too hard and delicate a surgery to be
>feasible.  If anyone knows of anything since then I'm willing to learn.
 
I've asked this question too and from the answers I've gotten from vets, a
ferret does not have a well defined prostate "gland" like a human.  So it
doesn't seem likely a ferret could have prostate surgery like a human.
 
For the ferrets,
Mike
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3549]