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From: ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-09-26 09:27:00 UTC
Subject: Re: skin around penis - sore/bleeding

In a message dated 09/26/01 8:27:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:



My 1.5 year old, Quasi, is licking
the skin around his penis to the point that it is bleeding and
raw.
It had a small scab, but he has now licked that off. I don't think
he
is ill because he is as active as ever.


I would recommend you take him and get him looked at. Licking to
that point is not a normal thing - something is causing him to do
this. It could be a urinary tract infection, other urinary problems
such as crystal formation, a skin infection, or other problem
including the possibility of a mass.

Dr. Ruth
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