Post by mustelidmusk on Sept 12, 2010 12:44:34 GMT -5
OK,
It's been long enough so I can say that I'm definitely seeing GREAT results with the Deslorelin (Suprelorin implants)
This thread will be used to monitor my brats' progress. I'll first provide a background on my kids and their medical history. I'll then be posting the info regarding teir progress on the deslorelin implants.
Tomichi: 5.5 years old. Late alter:
Age 1: spayed 2 weeks into her first heat (10.5 months old)
Age 2: Preventive subcutaneous lupron injection (4-month depot). Issue: swelling - the depot pooled under the skin in the left shoulder.
Age 3: No preventive lupron injection given due to pooling of depot at age 2. Transient rat tail in the fall.
Age 4: VERY MINOR behavioral changes: SLIGHT increase in the frequency of grooming of siblings. Adrenal panel in taken in January. VERY minor elevation in estradiol. Ultraound looked 100% normal. 4-month lupron injection given IM (in the hip muscle), with a repeat injection after 3 months.
Repeated the adrenal panel 5 weeks after the second injection. All parameters within normal range.
Age 5: Repeated adrenal panel at the beginning of the year. Estradiol elevated again. Behavioral symptom increased in frequency and intensity. . Lupron injection repeated. No noticeable benefit from the Lupron. The depot caused a big knot in the muscle. Repeated the lupron injection after 1 month. Same Response: No noticeable benefit from the Lupron. The depot caused a big knot in the muscle. Surgery (Mid July): left gland removed: normal size but cystic. No cancer. No change in behavior 6 weeks after surgery. Repeated Lupron injection. No effect on behavior, but another big knot in the muscle. 2 weeks after the injection, tail fur thinned a bit with most fur lost at the top 1.5 inched at the base of the tail. Suprelorin implants arrived and given on August 17.
Today is September 12.
The following reflects all 4 brats with their Suprelorin implants. P
All 4 are much calmer. They sleep more and are not constantly pounding the crap out of each other. The calm behaviors was evident almost immediately. I didn't want to speak too soon since I wanted to make sure this was not my imagination. The calmness has continued to set in over time. Tonto is as lazy as a ferret could possibly be. But if you drag out the towel for the "sled game", he's alll over it, and he can still haul that fat butt of his up the stairs with extreme enthusiasm at a good rate of speed without even a stumble.
I'm still seeing some extra licking/grooming behavior - particularly from the girls. Meach is hanging on to this tendency more so than the others.However, the tendency toward this behavior is MUCH less frequent and almost half-hearted. I'll be curious to see if this continues to taper off over time. I've heard that the Suprelorin can take a long time (6-8 weeks) to start seeing change, and it can continue to become more effective thereafter.
Fur regrowth: Meach's tail is full/thick. The tail fur has not grown to full length yet, but it is THICK. The Belly fur from the adrenal surgey is coming in "patchy"... This has always seemed to be more of a seasonal regrowth delay than an adrenal thing because there has always been a thick covering of short regrowth from the surgery where adrenal issues result in complete baldness, Meach needs to do her winter coat change.
Itching is down a LOT in all 4 brats. All 4 were itchy once I stopped the reishi.
My brats were ready to begin shedding before the deslorelin...they were just starting to lose a little fur in "normal"/slow shed mode. The Des. seems to have interrupted their shedding. All 4 seem to be delaying their season shed right now. I'll be curious to see when/if they shed for the winter.
I'm VERY pleased with the results I'm seeing. Fingers crossed....let's hope this continues!!!
-jennifer
It's been long enough so I can say that I'm definitely seeing GREAT results with the Deslorelin (Suprelorin implants)
This thread will be used to monitor my brats' progress. I'll first provide a background on my kids and their medical history. I'll then be posting the info regarding teir progress on the deslorelin implants.
Tomichi: 5.5 years old. Late alter:
Age 1: spayed 2 weeks into her first heat (10.5 months old)
Age 2: Preventive subcutaneous lupron injection (4-month depot). Issue: swelling - the depot pooled under the skin in the left shoulder.
Age 3: No preventive lupron injection given due to pooling of depot at age 2. Transient rat tail in the fall.
Age 4: VERY MINOR behavioral changes: SLIGHT increase in the frequency of grooming of siblings. Adrenal panel in taken in January. VERY minor elevation in estradiol. Ultraound looked 100% normal. 4-month lupron injection given IM (in the hip muscle), with a repeat injection after 3 months.
Repeated the adrenal panel 5 weeks after the second injection. All parameters within normal range.
Age 5: Repeated adrenal panel at the beginning of the year. Estradiol elevated again. Behavioral symptom increased in frequency and intensity. . Lupron injection repeated. No noticeable benefit from the Lupron. The depot caused a big knot in the muscle. Repeated the lupron injection after 1 month. Same Response: No noticeable benefit from the Lupron. The depot caused a big knot in the muscle. Surgery (Mid July): left gland removed: normal size but cystic. No cancer. No change in behavior 6 weeks after surgery. Repeated Lupron injection. No effect on behavior, but another big knot in the muscle. 2 weeks after the injection, tail fur thinned a bit with most fur lost at the top 1.5 inched at the base of the tail. Suprelorin implants arrived and given on August 17.
Today is September 12.
The following reflects all 4 brats with their Suprelorin implants. P
All 4 are much calmer. They sleep more and are not constantly pounding the crap out of each other. The calm behaviors was evident almost immediately. I didn't want to speak too soon since I wanted to make sure this was not my imagination. The calmness has continued to set in over time. Tonto is as lazy as a ferret could possibly be. But if you drag out the towel for the "sled game", he's alll over it, and he can still haul that fat butt of his up the stairs with extreme enthusiasm at a good rate of speed without even a stumble.
I'm still seeing some extra licking/grooming behavior - particularly from the girls. Meach is hanging on to this tendency more so than the others.However, the tendency toward this behavior is MUCH less frequent and almost half-hearted. I'll be curious to see if this continues to taper off over time. I've heard that the Suprelorin can take a long time (6-8 weeks) to start seeing change, and it can continue to become more effective thereafter.
Fur regrowth: Meach's tail is full/thick. The tail fur has not grown to full length yet, but it is THICK. The Belly fur from the adrenal surgey is coming in "patchy"... This has always seemed to be more of a seasonal regrowth delay than an adrenal thing because there has always been a thick covering of short regrowth from the surgery where adrenal issues result in complete baldness, Meach needs to do her winter coat change.
Itching is down a LOT in all 4 brats. All 4 were itchy once I stopped the reishi.
My brats were ready to begin shedding before the deslorelin...they were just starting to lose a little fur in "normal"/slow shed mode. The Des. seems to have interrupted their shedding. All 4 seem to be delaying their season shed right now. I'll be curious to see when/if they shed for the winter.
I'm VERY pleased with the results I'm seeing. Fingers crossed....let's hope this continues!!!
-jennifer