>The time has just about arrived to make a decision about Cedes.  He
>had a bilateral adrenalectomy the end of July.  His fur is NOT
>growing back in.  He is pretty bald up to his neck.  There is fur
>there but you can see his skin all the way up.  It hasn't grown back
>at his surgical site either.
 
Just a note here, not about the lupron.  Some ferrets with severe hair
loss from adrenal disease never get their hair back.  It does not mean
the adrenals are still active, but that the follicles were damaged from
the hormone levels.  These ferrets have normal TN panels when tested.  I
do recommend checking regularly though, or using lupron, just in case
(and for the reasons stated so well by others).
 
Just my 0.02,
-Dr. Karen
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3587]