Has anyone else seen excessive weight gain along with onset of adrenal
disease (in a ferret for whom it is clearly NOT winter weight gain just
happening to coincide, that is!).  One of our guys put on a HUGE amount of
weight for the first time when his first adrenal started acting up (around
age 4).  After the adrenal was removed, he lost weight, and became a trim
and happy ferret again.  His 2nd adrenal is problematic now, and he has
again put on huge amounts of weight.  (The problem is that the excess fat
makes him a poor surgical candidate, even though it seems for him to be a
symptom of the problem necessitating the surgery....)
 
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 Rochelle Newman              [log in to unmask]
 Assistant Professor          (319) 335-2417 (office)
 Department of Psychology     (319) 335-1979 (lab)
 University of Iowa           (319) 335-0191 (fax)
 11 Seashore Hall E
 Iowa City, IA 52242-1407
 http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Newman.html
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[Posted in FML issue 2418]