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From: sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-11-19 19:25:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Yeast infection in ear

That is interesting; we had a similar situation: one individual who
was prone to such infections and the rest would not get it, but
she did repeatedly. Tresaderm was the drug of choice for her,
too. That was years ago, so i don't know if there are new options
that may work even better, but it did work wonders for Meltie.
Guess, it may be one of those things that some individual
ferrets are more likely to experience.


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Pam S." <pjdutche@e...> wrote:
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., julie_fossa@y... wrote:
> > One of my adoptees has an ear infection, which her new vet
has
> > identified as a yeast infection. (No mites.) Need to know
what is
> > the medication of choice for this in a ferret...same as a cat?
>
> My big old sweet guy Willard used to get yeast infections in his
ears
> occasionally. We were given Tresaderm ear drops for it, which
> worked, although it was kind of a nuisance because it had to
be given
> twice a day for a couple of weeks. Willard typically had bacteria
> growing in there at the same time, though, and I don't know if
there
> is anything that'll work faster if yeast is the only problem. That'd
> be nice. Anyway, yeah, I think it is used in cats really commonly
> too.
>
> As I understand it, one of the things in Tresaderm is a topical
steroid (Dexamethasone), which helps make things feel better
pretty quickly. The ears usually look *lots* better and less painful
in just a day or two with it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Pam S.