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Friday my Mom called me about a free ferret ad in her paper. I talked to the woman and she knew nothing about ferrets, "they need shots?". I got off work and met her to get this little guy. He's about 5 yrs old, a cinnamon I think (not a lot of fur there), and very skinny. The first few hours at my house all he did was go back and forth between the food bowl & water bottle. He's def adrenal but he also has ulcers. So for now I'm going to treat the ulcers and give him a Lupron shot and melatonin implant and look at doing surgery after the first of the year. He got his first distemper vax before I brought him home and I just got in his ADV test results...he's neg! Yay! So now, once we get the ulcers under control, he can meet the other kids.
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I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.

Congratulations on the new addition. So how many does that make now?

Charlie makes 9. My all time high is 10. At least I'm still in single digits.
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I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.

Congradulations! Did you name him Charlie or was that his name already? Poor little guy. I'm sure once he gets some tender loving care he'll feel a lot better.
Have you ever used Lupron before? I know a few from our shelter have, but they haven't been on it long. I know it's not a cure, but can help with the symptoms when surgery is out of the question.
I hope Charlie gets to feeling better fast. I hope you both have a long, happy time together!
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Kat
Ferret mom to Jasmine and Daffy
A Cheesehead from Wisconsin

I named him, the woman I got him from couldn't remember his name. He's doing so much better already. I'd guess he's gained at least a half pound. He's not grinding his teeth as much either. Hopefully another week on the ulcer meds will have him fixed up in that area.

I have used Lupron before. For the most part I've used it short term like I'm doing with Charlie, to get him healthy enough for surgery. Between the ulcers and malnutrition I don't think he'd survive surgery right now. I did use it long term once with an older girl who wasn't a good surgical candidate. Towards the end it didn't help much with the symptoms, even with a melatonin implant also, but it did make her feel better. When it was about time for her next dose she'd slow down and sleep a lot more. After the shot she'd be dancing around the house. When it became apparent that the Lupron wasn't doing her any good at all anymore I decided to give surgery a shot. At that point she had nothing to lose anyway. Turned out the tumor was malignant. I'm surprised the Lupron helped her as long as it did. It was a really nasty tumor.
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I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.