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Post by Sherry on Apr 9, 2019 5:59:20 GMT -5
I wonder if the DES triggers the insulinoma. There is so much I don't know! That's why I am so grateful for this forum. I know it (you all!) saved Booger. It is bringing the adrenal under control that permits an already existing insulinoma to show up, not the des itself. Lupron can have the same effect. Since bg can be artificially high due to adrenal, controlling the adrenal permits blood sugars to drop back to where they'd have been had adrenal never been present.
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Post by boogerybooger on Apr 14, 2019 18:35:46 GMT -5
Thanks, Sherry! With DES then there shouldn't be a BG problem without the insulinoma but now with 3 things going on- two nomas and adrenal disease, it is tough to get things right. He's been lowered to .5 cc pred
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Post by Charlie on Jul 28, 2021 23:13:16 GMT -5
I started Charlie on DES implants shortly after turning 1 year of age. He has been getting them yearly so this week he got his 3rd implant. The vet is definitely getting great at putting them in. There was no blood where he got the implant and I could see the injection site. I'm waiting a few days before I palpate the implant so as not to aggravate the injection site. I know from his first 2 implants you can still feel them there. I honestly thought they would dissolve completely but they don't. He's been doing so well. I know before he got the first implant he started losing fur on his tail. It could have been nothing related to adrenal disease or it could have been but since he has been getting his implant yearly, he hasn't had any issues with a naked tail. My sister's ferret, on the other hand, seems to lose fur on her tail and it usually starts in the spring. We have been implanting our ferrets in the summer. After her implant her fur grows back again so I'm guessing her ferret may need the implant every 6 to 9 months. Her ferret is about a year younger then my ferret too.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Aug 2, 2021 4:19:43 GMT -5
My Annabelle would get slightly thinning hair on her tail seasonly. It was amazing that she never got adrenal disease. vet did check for adrenal disease during necropsy--she was one of the lucky few though. This is not to say anything against implants. but I was just a little amazed that she escaped the disease at 6.5. she did not escape pancreatic cancer tho. I am assuming the 1 inch lesion on pancreas was cancer although vet never officially called it that.
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Post by Charlie on Aug 4, 2021 23:32:43 GMT -5
My Annabelle would get slightly thinning hair on her tail seasonly. It was amazing that she never got adrenal disease. vet did check for adrenal disease during necropsy--she was one of the lucky few though. This is not to say anything against implants. but I was just a little amazed that she escaped the disease at 6.5. she did not escape pancreatic cancer tho. I am assuming the 1 inch lesion on pancreas was cancer although vet never officially called it that. Was Annabelle an intact ferret? She was one of the lucky ones not to get adrenal disease. My sister's ferret is intact so the implant is also used as a chemical spay because she doesn't have access to a vhob.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Aug 5, 2021 16:22:45 GMT -5
No she was a Marshall Farm's.
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Post by Charlie on Aug 6, 2021 19:24:30 GMT -5
No she was a Marshall Farm's. She was very fortunate then because they aren't always bred well.
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