jess2107 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 This time last year we had an adrenal scare, id come back from holiday to find my ferret near enough bald so took her straight to the vets with suspected adrenal disease. The vet checked her and gave me xeno to try first, within a week her fur had started to sprout again. In the last few week her fur has started thinning out again, so iv taken her back to the vets for more xeno as i thought it was mites/fleas again (this was 4 week ago) 2 weeks later iv seen no improvement so iv been back and got another course of xeno and another 2 week later shes still not improved. Im starting to think adrenal disease is here for real now Is there any other mite/flea treatments I could try? maybe an injection form of some sort? Please if anyone ca shed any light i wwouild be gratefull. My local vets arnt very ferret savvy either so would rather not keep taking her back to someone that wants to just take a lucky dip chance.. Quote Link to post
Ferret mad Dave 65 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I would say she is off though her summer malt into her winter coat mate Quote Link to post
Cappsytheferreter 1 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Summer malt into winter fur Quote Link to post
The one 8,463 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 How old is she ?. Quote Link to post
jess2107 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 iv had her 6 years so would say shes about 6/7. Theres no signs of her winter fur at all Quote Link to post
jess2107 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Some photos iv taken of her fur Her fur has thinned out dramatically.. Her back.. Its very bald further down, higher than the base of her tail Orange marks on the bald bit of her back.. bites or scratches? Unsure! Quote Link to post
ferret100 47 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Not sure why your jill is unspayed, however.... Really suspect you are looking at Adrenal Disease here unfortunately. There is an implant that really helps with this, which is the Suprelorin implant which is a hormone regulator. It is implanted in the 'scruff' of the neck. The needle is considerably larger than a microchip needle and most Vets advise knocking the fert out with a bit of gas to insert the implant. Knocking them out is advisable for 2 reasons, firstly the needle is pretty large and painful so likely fert will try to jump ship if its left with its wits, secondly the implant is expensive so if fert tries to leave the building and implant isn't inserted correctly, very expensive to try again. Microchips are cheap, implants aren't. Moulting is not the problem here, healthy animals should always retain a coat during moulting. The marks you can see on your fert are evident purely because she is bald, very doubtful they hold any relevance. Best advice, seek out an exotics vet. If you want, tell where you live and we might know of a good fert vet near you. ATB. Quote Link to post
jess2107 0 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 So they can get adrenal disease if their not spayed then? I was told the other day that it only occurs in spayed females.. im in barnsley/doncaster- south yorkshire Shes unspayed because iv never felt the need to spay her?? and because the vets I use arnt savvy and they said its too complicated doing it with a ferret.. So She usually has a hormone injection around may time Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Not sure why your jill is unspayed, however.... I've got three healthy Jill's here 6, 5 & 4 years old and none of them spayed. What's your point? Quote Link to post
ferret100 47 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 So they can get adrenal disease if their not spayed then? I was told the other day that it only occurs in spayed females.. im in barnsley/doncaster- south yorkshire Shes unspayed because iv never felt the need to spay her?? and because the vets I use arnt savvy and they said its too complicated doing it with a ferret.. So She usually has a hormone injection around may time Yes, they can get Adrenal Disease regardless of whether they are neutered/spayed or not. Spaying a jill is very common practice and with a ferret savvy vet, complictions are minimal. I can only assume your jill has previously been given a 'Jill Jab', a temporary hormone regulator. Jills require specific care to prevent longterm complications due to hormones, unfortunately your jill appears to need assistance..... from a vet who knows the back end of a fert to their front. Sorry, not able to advise a competent fert vet in your area, but the hormone implant suggested before would be a start, call round local vets, bound to be an exotics vet nearby. Will keep an ear to the ground. ATB. Quote Link to post
ferret100 47 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Not sure why your jill is unspayed, however.... I've got three healthy Jill's here 6, 5 & 4 years old and none of them spayed. What's your point? What's your point? Have you a bald jill that is unrepsonsive to current tx? Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Not sure why your jill is unspayed, however.... I've got three healthy Jill's here 6, 5 & 4 years old and none of them spayed. What's your point? What's your point? Have you a bald jill that is unrepsonsive to current tx? no, my point was that you seem to have a problem with people who own unspeyed jills, or were you merely applying that to the ferret in question here? Quote Link to post
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