From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-10-10 15:59:50 UTC
Subject: RE: Advice needed
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7544013.1097423990921.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
With 5 ferrets I'm surprised you haven't seen this yet. I'm sorry to say you almost certainly will see more of it. Adrenal disease is very common and almost every ferret in the U.S. gets it eventually.
It's not shedding. Shedding doesn't cause bald spots. This is a classic starting spot for hair loss with adrenal disease.
mike
Author wrote:
> my Oldest girl, almost 5 years old now, has a small "teardrop" bald spot on her back near the base of her tail.