From:
ginseng@neo.rr.com
Date: 2002-02-20 18:40:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] 5 Month old balding ferrets
At 11:43 AM 2/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
>>I realize many folks say they are too young -- BUT shelter folks know this
>>is JUST NOT true! We have seen 6 month olds with bad adrenals from
>>Marshall's Farms.
If this is truly the case, not allergy, shed, or food/household switch, etc,
or all at the same time, I'd go for the Marshall guarantee first. AND ask
for vet costs to correct the problems. They ARE only 5 months.
But it sounds mighty quick for an adrenal hair loss. I'll admit most of my
info has come from past posts. But I have not seen posts of adrenal
where hair loss was complete in one week.
my worthless $.02
gin