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Hello to everyone .
I have a quick question that I am hoping someone out there can help me
with. My ferret Dook is adrenal and it is not possible to remove the
right. (We have tried.) He was on melatonin for a while and then when
that stopped being effective I switched him to Lupron injections on a
monthly basis. My question is this: does anyone else have their ferrets
on Lupron? And if yes, are you noticing any side effects? Dook is only
3.5 years old . he is doing remarkably well on the Lupron . but the
side effects are these: penile infections (I'm thinking that's the right
word). About 2-3 days after each injection he has a yellowish puss
coming out of his penis - or at least the hole! The first two times I
treated him with Amoxycillan and it went away. This time I have had
to use something else (for the life of me I can't remember what it is
called) and I am waiting to see if it will work because I am only on
day 2 of the new type of med.
The other side effect I am noticing is his tail. While he was on the
melatonin all his fur grew back and he was a wonderfully plush ferret
(with a slight orange tinge . my poor little albino looked rather
strange!) Now however, his tail is constantly full of black heads and the
normal treatment I do isn't working at all. I have tried washing his
tail every day for 2 weeks . every other day for two weeks . I have
used Oxy pads for sensitive skin (which always worked in the past) and I
have tried teatree oil . nothing is working.
If any one has any ideas about the side effects and can offer some ideas
on how to treat these two I would be very appreciative.
Marion
[Posted in FML issue 4175]
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