Message Number: YG11680 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: daneedv
Date: Wed Mar 6, 2002 3:56pm
Subject: Re: skin problem
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Steve Austin <kazpat1@j...> wrote:
>
> I was visiting a shelter yesterday and they had a ferret
> with an unusual skin problem. <SNIP>
> The vet was thinking some
> kind of chemical burn, but he has been in the shelter
> a few months and still gets the redness off and on,
> which makes me think it isn't a chemical or burn type
> problem.
>
Could it be some kind of allergy? Since you indicate it comes and
goes, that is my first thought. Maybe to a cleaning agent or a
laundry detergent.
Just a thought.
Danee
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