Advances in Ferret Medicine

There are a variety of cancers that can affect pet ferrets. Some ferrets may suffer from insulinoma, which is a cancer of pancreatic cells that will cause severe illness, weakness, and requires treatment with medications or surgery. Lymphoma is another type of cancer that causes serious disease. Advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapy have improved the quality of life for ferrets suffering from these illnesses.

Adrenal Gland Tumors can occur in ferrets at any age. It results in hormone imbalances leading to hairloss and severe illness. Improvements in surgical techniques have made it possible to improve the quality of life of many ferrets suffering with adrenal disease.

Like our canine companions, ferrets too can become infected with the Canine Distemper virus and vaccinating pet ferrets for this virus can prevent infection.

Ferrets can become infected with the same flu virus as people. We can help to prevent infection in pet ferrets by applying what has been discovered about how to prevent and treat this virus in humans.