Message Number: SG1389 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2002-09-11 16:31:28 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] New with odd question
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3D7F6FE0.3ACA6631@worldnet.att.net>

lisatx98@earthlink.net wrote:

> I looks like someone took a marker and drew two lines from their front legs to their back legs.

I am not a vet, but it sounds to me like your ferret is growing new
hair. When they grow new hair, the dark color of the guard hairs shows
thru the skin before the hair comes thru and gives an effect that looks
like bruising.

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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@worldnet.att.net