Jennifer writes:
>was wondering if anyone else had experiences with melatonin not working
>for their ferrets.  My Baby is going to be 7 years old this year.  She
>has insulinoma and adrenal.  She gets pedia pred twice daily and her
>sugar has been great.  She is not a surgical candidate.  We tried her
>first Melatonin implant in November with no success.  She is still losing
>fur.  The Dr. thinks the pred may be getting in the way.  He is looking
>into whether or not to implant again.Has anyone else had this occur?
 
Jennifer,
I have had amazing results with Melatonin.  Sometimes it has taken the
2nd implant before it works.  But I have one little guy that has had 3
implants and it appears not to be working.  That's not to say it isn't
working in ways I can't see, it just hasn't brought his hair back.  I
love my bald babies so I don't care about that.  I have also had ferrets
on Pred and it hasn't stopped the Melatonin from doing its job.  So I
don't know what the answer is.  Maybe like people, not everything works
for everyone.
 
Robin
The Ferret Charmer
http://skweezeme.terrabox.com/charms.html
[Posted in FML issue 5212]