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From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-01-21 23:29:57 UTC
Subject: Ripped out toenail
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1442662.1106353075042.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Unlike other species comparative dissectors are lacking for ferrets and that is a burden for those studying ferret mediciine and working in the field.

While this resource does not deal with many of the finer details it has a great deal of detail and can come in handy for those who work with ferrets.

http://www.baa.duke.edu/companat/mainpagemammals.htm

To: Ferret-L <ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu>,
Fert Health <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
From: Leslie Cucino <Harley1369@cox.net>
Message-ID: <BE1708B5.553%Harley1369@cox.net>

Hi all,

Today I had to take my Rocky in to have his toe checked because the nail was
bleeding, pretty profusely at that. He had caught it on something and
actually ripped the nail bed but he's fine and the vet said just to watch it
and keep it clean.

Believing that he had caught his nail on something (duh-obviously) I decided
it was clipping time for the other 5. I usually do this 1-2 times a month.
One by one they were done and when I got to my oldest, the ferret family
Matriarch Shelby, much to my horror I saw that her littlest toe nail, front
left paw, was missing and there was black dried blood there!

She's in no apparent pain, scampers around as usual; will the nail grow
back? Her pads and gums are a deep pink/rose, no enormous blood loss and she
doesn't even seem to know its gone.

Thanks,
Leslie