Hello to everyone . I have a quick question that I am hoping someone out there can help me with. My ferret Dook is adrenal and it is not possible to remove the right. (We have tried.) He was on melatonin for a while and then when that stopped being effective I switched him to Lupron injections on a monthly basis. My question is this: does anyone else have their ferrets on Lupron? And if yes, are you noticing any side effects? Dook is only 3.5 years old . he is doing remarkably well on the Lupron . but the side effects are these: penile infections (I'm thinking that's the right word). About 2-3 days after each injection he has a yellowish puss coming out of his penis - or at least the hole! The first two times I treated him with Amoxycillan and it went away. This time I have had to use something else (for the life of me I can't remember what it is called) and I am waiting to see if it will work because I am only on day 2 of the new type of med. The other side effect I am noticing is his tail. While he was on the melatonin all his fur grew back and he was a wonderfully plush ferret (with a slight orange tinge . my poor little albino looked rather strange!) Now however, his tail is constantly full of black heads and the normal treatment I do isn't working at all. I have tried washing his tail every day for 2 weeks . every other day for two weeks . I have used Oxy pads for sensitive skin (which always worked in the past) and I have tried teatree oil . nothing is working. If any one has any ideas about the side effects and can offer some ideas on how to treat these two I would be very appreciative. Marion [Posted in FML issue 4175]