> <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526124.200-dog-contraceptive-signals-end-to-castration.html> > or > http://tinyurl.com/yw8d4x > ... > >[Remainder of article removed due to copyright limitations and because >it's enough off-topic that it doesn't warrant the space anyhow, but is >available at above link. Unknown whether this can apply to ferrets, >though ferrets are typically altered for other reasons as well. BIG] Chemical neutering and adrenal disease avoidance using deslorelin/ Suprelorin Depots are among the things being studied by Dr. Nico Schoemaker in the Netherlands. Since these are life-long studies and he is a very careful researcher they are taking a while. Until then the info from other species can't be assumed to apply. One catch that happens with humans is that this class of meds can become less effective with long use. So that possibility also is being considered and investigated to see if it might occur in ferrets (pers. com. with Dr. Nico Schoemaker). See: http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG16513 Although that post is about Lupron Depots, the drugs are related to each other. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5668]
