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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-10-23 17:38:01 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] bacitracin
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5746679.1098553081293.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> Bacitracin has no steroids in it...
> Bacitracin is not in the same family as Gentamicin, an aminoglycoside. Any >aminoglycoside antibiotic can cause otic ( hearing) and renal ( kidney) damage, >ferrets seem more sensitive to it than cats/dogs. So no neomycin/gentamicin/>streptomycin for them.
Thank you, Patty. That is consistent with the post from Dr. Bruce Willaims which I was quoting and I think that you managed to clarify a lot, at least for me.
Yes, Dr. Williams definitely warned about neomycin which is one of the components of at least one of the general use over-the-counter wound ointments available for human (note "human") use.
I am so glad that people ask these days. There seem to be fewer avoidable deaths and damage because of people taking the time to check on over-the-counter meds instead of just using them, and that caution is good for ferrets, which is what it is all about, anyway.