Melatonin is a very ancient hormone which the body itself makes in
DARKNESS (but does not make much in dimness) and it served MANY useful
functions in many parts of the body.
Melatonin can cause fur growth not only by helping with some types of
adrenal neoplasia but also because it has a DIRECT effect on fur
regrowth itself through dermal skin follicle actions, so a ferret can
have one of the more serious forms of adrenal growth like lymphoma
there or carcinoma there and Suprelorin can slow those while melatonin
is unlikely to do so but melatonin can cause the fur to regrow. On the
other hand BOTH med types work with the MOST COMMON type of adrenal
growth: benign adrenal neoplasia, and used together they work even
better since they use different mechanisms.
ALL should remember, too, that even though most of these growths are
benign they still can have very serious consequences when people do not
treat them: they can change to become malignant, they can cause fatal
anemia, they can cause fatal urinary blockage, they can endanger the
Vena Cava and the liver, they can cause muscle loss, being ill for
ferrets can increase the risk of ulcers, etc. so they NEED to be
treated!
Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game.
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.miamiferret.org/http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
A nation is as free as the least within it.
[Posted in FML 7712]
