From:
Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2003-04-29 04:31:47 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: tiny scabs/pussy bumps
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20030429002905.01f77020@mail.usaexpress.net>
> >snip
>Anyway, the bumps and scabs look similar to some of the scabbies my Marley
>gets on his body sometimes; he has had them on and off since I got him a
>year and a half ago (he's 4 this month), and other than the occasional big
>one that gets red and irritated and needs some panalog, they don't really
>bother him.
>
>We haven't really been able to explain it, either-doesn't seem to be a
>food allergy, detergent allergy or any other allergy that we've thought
>of, and has had no effect on his overall health. Your ferret may not have
>the same thing as Marley, but if you can find no other causes, it may be
>similar. It has been nothing to worry about in Marley, and we just
>monitor him and check out any large scabs; he has had a mast cell tumor
>removed as well with no problem.
>
>-April AC
How is this explanation - the small scabby areas ( perhaps mast cells?) are
actually caused by a build up of toxins in the system looking to exit the
body-- when they break open they release histamines.
And when we remove them surgically we remove the pathways the toxins exit
the bodies- then they travel to the liver - kidneys....
I found this very interesting in an immunology workshop!
ALicia D.
www.ferretwise.org