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Steve & Colleen Woodcock wrote:
>So far, out of the 9 ferrets living here... 3 of the 4 males have had to
>go in for surgery of one kind or another:... Do the males tend to have
>more of these problems?
Well, our sample is not statistically significant (only 7 ferrets so far),
but our experience has been different from Steve's. All three of our
ferrets who have needed surgery have been females: one spleen and two
adrenals. One of these three subsequently died of insulinoma; the other two
made complete recoveries (so cheer up, Kelleen!). The only conclusion I can
draw from this is that the distribution of these kinds of problems in
ferrets is *not* sex-linked, and that we and the Woodcocks have had random
luck of opposite kinds. What do our vets think?
ellen & the Gang of Four
(Banjo, Rip Van Weasel, Mike's Fault, and Possum)
[Posted in FML issue 1431]
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