>The vet who saw Amelia through all this mentioned to me that ferrets,
>unlike dogs and cats, are fairly resistant to developing ulcers in
>reaction to pred, and she felt that Amelia's ulcer was not directly
>related to the pred.
>
>Do you other vets out there agree about pred not causing ulcers in
>ferrets in general?  I thought it was "common knowledge" that pred
>stimulated ulcers.
 
I tend to agree that ferrets are pretty resistant to pred's side effects
in general.  It may have contributed to some degree, but I suspect there
were other, more direct causes for the ulcer.  I have seen (and owned)
ferrets on pretty high doses of pred without ulcers developing.
 
Dr. Ruth
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[Posted in FML issue 3547]