Speaking of furballs with legs, did anybody see the great CNN Presents special last night about obesity?
They modified a mouse's genes, and he ceased to know when he was full. Was about 3 or 4 times the size of the "control mouse" next to him. They spotlighted two people who have lost major amounts of weight and kept it off for years. (A lot of people lose weight, very few keep it off for a long time.) The key in both cases - EXERCISE. Not fad diets, not tricks - just a moderate low-fat, high complex-carb diet with a lot of exercise. If anybody missed it, have it on the ReplayTV box... -Ben > Thanks Beth for the info. Yes he's getting quite chunky. I can just see > what's it going to be like in the next few months, I'm going to have a furry > beachball with legs rather than a lean ferret. > > As for a potential cause of the insulinoma, Ryoga's vet suspects that being > neutered may be involved with both adrenal cancer and insulinoma, but since > no research has been reported on this, its just anecdotal info. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:43 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Wake Up > > > > > > > As an update, Ryoga is doing really well these days. The UI > > infection has > > > been knocked back a lot (still a trace of it though). He's > > starting to get > > > quite fat however since the vet put him on prednisone for > > his insulinoma. > > > I'll upload a couple of recent pictures. But apparently > > that is a possible > > > side effect of pred. > > > > It is not a possible side effect - its almost an absolute - > > not only does > > the prednisone make you retain water like a sponge it also makes you > > incredibly hungry. The last time I did a pred series I > > gained 15 (yes thats > > FIFTEEN) pounds in 10 days. When I stopped only 7 of those > > pounds were > > lost as water, the other six I had to work off. > > > > But glad Ryoga is well- fat ferrets are cute anyway. > > > > > > > > Another of our ferrets, Augustus, has also developed > > insulinoma recently. > > So > > > he's coming in with me to work every day as well so I can > > be sure that > > he's > > > eating every few hours. I'm beginning to wonder if there's > > something in > > our > > > place that may be triggering it. Or whether its age related > > for neutered > > > ferrets. More research in the med and vet libraries for me I guess. > > > > I have a friend who has a ferret rescue and will ask about > > insulinoma and > > ferries. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
