From:
FHbytheSea@aol.com
Date: 2003-01-08 00:30:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] yeast infection
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <33476925.1041987068430.JavaMail.nobody@strontium>
In a message dated 1/7/03 4:04:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
cobaltlist@ciar.org writes:
> My ferret had been scratching at his ears, and his earwax turned all
dark
> and flakey, so I took him into my vet. She did a swab, and it turns out
he
> has a yeast infection in both ears.
>
> My vet recommended that I wash his ears every other day with a 50/50
> solution of vinegar and water, and bring him back in in 2 weeks...
>
> The vinegar seems really painful to him...is there a better cure for this?
>
> He also has thinning hair on his back, but not on his tail, and my vet
> ruled out early adrenal...could the thinning hair be related to the yeast
> infection?
Hi
Tresaderm is the treatment prescribed to my ferret when he had a yeast
infection. It relieved his itching and discomfort within 2 days - but I
continued the treatments for 7 days, then twice weekly for the next 2
weeks.
He recovered completely.
As far as the hairloss - is it bilateral (both sides of the spine) and
symmetrical (equal amounts of loss on each side of the spine)? Is your
ferret
over age 4? If so, I would suspect adrenal gland disease...and I would
be
watching him very carefully for an enlarged prostate. I don't believe that
hairloss accompanies a yeast infection..but I could be wrong.
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org