What is adrenal disease?
Adrenal disease is the most common disease that ferrets get - more than 80% of ferrets in the US will develop adrenal disease at some point in their lives. Adrenal disease occurs when a tumor or lesion on the adrenal glands causes an overproduction of hormones. It most often affects ferrets over the age of 3, but recently has been seen in ferrets as young as 10 or 11 months. Given how likely it is that at least one of your ferrets will at some point develop adrenal disease, it is vital that you know how to recognize the symptoms and how to treat the disease.
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It's very important for you to know that adrenal disease is very treatable in most cases. If you see signs of adrenal disease in your ferret, get it checked out by an experienced ferret vet right away. Not treating our ferrets' adrenal disease will result in the advancement of the disease and death. Most ferrets will love long and happy lives after being treated for adrenal disease.
