From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-02-12 19:38:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Hello, I am new here and need some
advice please
ButterflyLove71 wrote:
>
> I have a DEW who is havin troubles with her toe nails. They are
> infected at the cuticles, they are
> infected, and I am havin heck of time gettin them to heal. she also
> has UTI, in which is bein treated. I
> took her to vet and asked them to run a chem panel as well cbc.
> those results are yet to be returned.
> They said epson salt on toes... and alcohol. Two nails look like
> they are gonna fall off :(
>
> any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated. thank you
> butterfly
> aka
> yvonne
Ferrets sometimes get a condition which is called foot rot. What it
actually is is sacarptes scabii, the sarcoptic mange mite, attacks the
bed of the nail. Did your vet try to get a scraping around the nail and
microscope it? I believe the usual treatment is ivermectin by injection.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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