Castration and oophorectomy of ferrets
Helpful or harmful ? Medical alternative.
Any person affected by the ferret knows that it is impossible to leave a ferret in heat too long (more than 1 month) because his life is at stake. Actually it will develop anemia by excess hormone estrogen if she is not put in contact very quickly with a male or ovariectomisée.
So for many years veterinarians have recommended early operation of the female ferrets. Males were also castrated to reduce odor and overwhelming and exhausting action during their rut.
But it turned out that the "adrenal disease" Another very known pathology ferrets, is linked to this early castration. This debilitating and fatal disease to more or less short term is secondary to human action is not acceptable.
An alternative exists with the use of an implant-like hormones which by negative feedback effect will remove the sexual hormonal activity of animals.
L’implant, contained in a same injector to the electronic chips, is inserted under the skin between the shoulders after having anesthetized the skin locally. It is active between one and two years, another implant bit then be inserted without removing the previous.
During the first ten to fifteen days the heat is also aggravated all the heat in females can be implanted. More heat or smell during 1 to 2 years. This implant is also used in palliative adrenal disease if the operation is not possible.
The Dutch researchers , very advanced on medicine of the ferret have a very positive decline 9 years of use.