candiceboggs
Going Natural
Ferrets are nature's anti-depressant.
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Post by candiceboggs on Jan 8, 2011 0:14:50 GMT -5
I only found out about Deslorelin implants a few days ago and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them used as an alternative to spay/neuter. Any research, information you can give?
I'm not opposed to spay/neuter but I only do it when sexual maturity has been reached. If the Deslorelin has less potential side effects I might be more interested in it, however...I just want to keep researching until I can come to some kind of conclusion.
Thanks for any help!
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 8, 2011 16:26:20 GMT -5
I know a number of people in Europe use it. You might be further ahead contacting Peptech itself for that info.
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Post by Heather on Jan 8, 2011 16:32:38 GMT -5
I'm interested in this but I think I'm going to sit, watch and listen for awhile. It's all nice for the big corp to state that it does this and that and there are no problems but I want to see what the breeders who are using this are finding out. What are the long term effects? Does it render a ferret sterile eventually? What is the impact on the kits if one breeds later? Does it decrease the possible size of litters? Does a jill have difficulty conceiving after being on this for 1 yr...2? What about the hob? What damage is done to the sperm? the count? there are a lot of unanswered questions and these I feel may not be covered in the mfg study or may be glossed over. I'm interested in that it does allow a hob to go through a season with all the issues that most people would rather avoid....stink, aggression, heightened sex drive ciao
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Post by Jackie on Jan 8, 2011 16:35:28 GMT -5
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candiceboggs
Going Natural
Ferrets are nature's anti-depressant.
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Post by candiceboggs on Jan 8, 2011 19:51:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I definitely plan on talking to my ferret vet before I make any concrete decisions on this. It doesn't seem like it's been around for very long for so few people I've asked to have experience with it, and that in and of itself makes me a tad bit skeptical.
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Post by mustelidmusk on Jan 8, 2011 20:35:59 GMT -5
I buy brats in "sets". This way I don't have somebody on meds. all the time, so I have more flexibility (at least in theory) until they're old ferts. My tentative plan for my next set of ferts is to delay neutering (includes spay) with the use of deslorelin as long as possible and neuter around 5-6, depending upon health status. By then, there should be some more info out. I spayed my girls 2 weeks into their first estrus. Tonto was neutered at around 2 years old. the girls have been pretty much "asymptomatic" other than very, very subtle indications (behavioral). All 3 will be 6 in March. The bottom line.....all neutered ferrets will eventually get adrenal disease if they live long enough. If you chemically neuter with the Des, an the animals start to come back into season, it doesn't affect the adrenals (at least not much) because the gonads are still there to do their job of producing hormones. Let's assume the Des. works for neutering.....we potentially may still have issues (perhaps different ones) associated with light cycles and melatoin (or lack thereof). There's a lot to learn for ferrets. I'm just hoping tha we can work this mess out. It really sucks -jennifer
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