Message Number: SG11592 | New FHL Archives Search
From: skygazer25@shaw.ca
Date: 2004-11-25 21:02:42 UTC
Subject: questions about shedding
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <743794.1101416562019.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

I have 3 ferrets, a 5 year old male Silver Cloud, a 14 month old female Sable, and a 13 month old male Sable.

The two males seem to shed normally, but the female isn't, she's lost all the thick, dark fur on her body, all that is left is the soft white undercoat. But her head, tail and legs are normal looking. She's not acting any differently, she's eating and drinking normally, no change in her stool, and she still romps around with the other two.

I'm not sure if this is something I should take her the vet about, or if its normal for her age. Could she be lossing "baby hair"???