From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-12-09 22:48:42 UTC
Subject: RE: Deworming
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2034027.1102632522114.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> In the last month I have gotten four phone calls from people that have been >finding worms in their ferrets' poop. From the description, every one of them >sounded like tapeworm, but I wasn't there so I couldn't say for sure.
> I just thought it was a real strange coincidence to get so many calls about >tapeworms when I never got a single one before.
I wonder if one of the pet stores in your area is facing a flea problem which is leading to the worms?
from
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG3737
>Worm are generally fairly species
>specific, howver there is one
>notable exception - tapeworms.
>Tapeworms are spread between
>animals by fleas, and if the ferret
>swallows the flea (it is more than just a
>simple bite), then the eggs can
>hatch and your ferret will shed the
>rice-like tapeworm segments. The
>condition is really not serious -
> despite old wives tales to the contrary,
>tapeworms do little to no damage to the
>host, being very happy to subsist on
>whatever is passing through the gut at
>that moment. Tapeworms are easily treated.