Message Number: SG3155 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 03:09:00 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: little sores on quark
Message-ID: <2737714.1044328140508.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> I posted a while ago on this - my Quark has little
> sores all over his tail and back legs (along with no
> fur - he did have a cancerous adrenal removed almost a
> year ago and the fur never grew back. he'll be 8 in
> May). I'm going to try just washing it once a day
> with soap and trying something called "udderly
> smooth". does anyone have any experience with this or
> "bag balm"? I was a little concerned with the
> antiseptic bit of the bag balm
>
Bag balm is very safe stuff - nothing to be concerned about.
Of course, I am still concerned about the possibility of adrenal here - a couple of pictures would really help. Adrenal ferrets may develop dilated blood vessels that aren't really sores over their body, or dime-sized red marks that disappear after a few days...
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
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