Message Number: SG4419 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2003-05-08 16:59:19 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Monet- stress from move? and also gross ears, ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
FLEAS?
Message-ID: <4650361.1052413713271.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium>

maki0202@stcloudstate.edu wrote:

> One more question everyone, are ferrets prone to fleas? I've been taking
him outside since the weather is nice, and I want to know if I should give him
some sort of flea and tick drops just to be safe. let me know!!!thanks!!

Ferrets are regular littl flea magnets. They will actually get fleas so
bad they can die from anemia. Get some large tubes of Advantage,
Frontline or Revolution and use a small syringe to suck out 0.1 ml per
pound of ferret and put that on the back of their neck.

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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@worldnet.att.net