From:
Pam Sessoms
Date: 2005-01-25 22:27:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Ferret Skin disorder mystery
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com, jtimmons@dunbar.lynchburg.org
Message-ID: <5c46b4a40501251427276277d7@mail.gmail.com>
> About three weeks age my male ferret developed multiple lessions on his skin, mostly on his belly and back. He has also lost hair. The lessions quickly grew quite bad. They are about the size of a half-dime and there are about 10 of them.
Any chance of pictures? Also, has ringworm been looked for?
I wonder if this guy's problem is totally unrelated to the girl's tail
hair loss. If it's not ringworm either and nothing else, it might be
time to biopsy some of those lesions on the male. (I know this isn't
a welcome suggestion with the financial costs becoming such a
problem). It might be the best way to get a diagnosis and hopefully
an effective treatment.
We battled bad skin problems with my girl Nana for a little while,
seeing tiny improvements here and there (or so I thought) with
antibiotics, ivermectin, various shampoos, etc, etc, etc. But it
never really improved much and in fact was getting worse and
spreading. Once we biopsied, the mystery was revealed and she was
diagnosed with cutaneous lymphoma. The good news is that her skin is
now totally normal; she was put on isotretinoin (accutane) and it is
incredible how it has cleared this up. She still has lymphoma
internally and chronic kidney disease, but her skin looks great, and
she's not itchy any more.
Anyway, good luck to you and all your fuzzies, and keep us posted,
-Pam S.