From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-01-26 21:18:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Fur barbering
Roger Vaughn wrote:
> Can anyone suggest why Digger might be doing this? His companion Bear
> doesn't do anything like this. I can think of three things this might
> be - 1) Environmental allergens. We have tried eliminating food
> allergens with him and with the cat with no effect. I'm very afraid
> there may be allergens in the carpets that are affecting them both. I
> just don't want to *think* about replacing the carpet... 2) Heat
> stress. We're in Florida and we keep the house fairly warm -
> mid-70's. 3) Playmate stress. While he seems happy with Bear, Bear
> is very playful (wants to fight ALL the time) while Digger sometimes
> just wants to be left alone to explore.
My crew was getting rather itchy. I couldn't see anything on any of them
except the blackheads on their tails. I suspected the blackheads were
being caused by some kind of mite and applied 0.1 ml of Revolution to
each of them. The itching has almost completely stopped and the
blackheads are all gone. Now I'm just waiting for hair to grow back on
Booger and Bonnie's tails.