From:
bobnjacks
Date: 2002-02-19 13:58:00 UTC
Subject: Re: 5 Month old balding ferrets
The hair loss is almost complete. There are a few long black hairs on
their back but most is just skin. They lost it in about 1 week and it
extends from the sholder down to just the top of the tail where it
connects to the body. All of the undercoat is gone in these areas. Is
there any topical medication I can put on the skin to help the
problem? The only other thing I did not mention is we had just gotton
them a new hanging round ferret tent. I didn't wash it before I put
it in. Also their old hamock was washed with Sun Free soap. Cheap non
allergy deturgent.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "miamiferret" <mjanke@m...> wrote:
> Five months is awful young, though not entirely impossible for a
> ferret to have adrenal problems at that age. To have two that are
> five months old and in the same household seems almost impossible.
>
> Any chance you can provide a better picture? It's not really clear
> enough to see the details of the hair loss. Could it just be
> seasonal shedding? Is there actually bare skin showing through or
is
> the hair just thinning? If it comes out quickly and gets all over
> your clothes, it might just be shedding. Adrenal disease is
usually
> much more gradual.
>
> My only other thought would be something environmental. The food
and
> litter you're using shouldn't be a problem.
>
> mike
>
>
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "bobnjacks" <bobnjacks@y...> wrote:
> > I have two ferrets both about 5 months old. About 2 weeks ago
they
> > started losing their hair on their backs and sides. So far I have
> > been told they are most likly too young for adrenal disease so I
am
> > hunting for some other answers