From:
Kimi_wood@hotmail.com
Date: 2005-06-01 02:30:59 UTC
Subject: RE: Bumps on the face
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8232381.1117593059111.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
They are hard to pull of cuz they're attached so well...they seemed to stop spreading after the 2nd day but they're still increasing slowly...As far as I can tell they are black with big bodies (i guess filled with blood) and feet and arms sticking out the front (I pulled a live out of today and took a VERY close look)
I acutlly put the blankets and hammock in boiled water today, and after pulling it out, I saw tons of dead ticks, and a lot of globs of white/yellow stuff, which im guessing are the eggs, so I didnt put the stuff back in the cage.
I made a million phone calls and we just recently got a ferret vet in our town and he wasnt going to be in the office any time soon, but after speaking with the office, they said they were going to see what can be done, and they actully canceled someone elses appointment (someone with a dog who can see a different vet) so the ferts can be looked at first thing in the morning (im VERY happy!) They were going to take us friday with the normal vet, but they called us back and said that the vet wont see ferrets which is why they went out of their way to help us.
I'll find out very soon what the excat bug type is, and I'll be sure to let u guys all know, and Even take a close up picture of a single bug so it may help people in the future ...Ive seen SO many tick pictures, but its hard to identify a picture of a bug thats been magnified so much, to a bug in life, so maybe a life size picture could help people a bit more.
Thanks SOOOOO much to everyone who's posted to help me out, I dont think I would have been so calm these past few days without your help!