Message Number: SG18294 | New FHL Archives Search
From: fzylogic@hotmail.com
Date: 2006-09-15 21:14:31 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Circle-shaped marks/sores on skin
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com



Author wrote:
> It really sounds to me like burns. There is a microwavable disc marketed to veterinarians

I am very sad to say that after looking at the pics, I now believe they were burns. She was on a very old, thin towel and would change positions ever so often. Now I'm thinking she felt the heat and was trying to get off of it.

> The burns might not show up right away, depending on how severe the injury is.

I noticed them 5-7 days after the ER visit while giving a sub-q lasix injection. In the beginning I thought the needles might be causing them but never found any marks in the centers. I even started giving the injections in the shoulder area just to be safe.

> After a week or so, the area will take on a leathery feel and a greenish tint, likely due to infection, and a thick scab will form. If only a minor burn, it might just be red and a thin scab form.

The centers felt leathery after a while and did take on a very pale, hardly noticeable, light greenish-blue tint, but I thought it might be hair starting to grow back.

> If your ferret has burns from one of these discs, you can expect to find one on the center of the back, and one on each outside 'thigh' where the legs lay spread on the heat source.

She wasn't on her back so only had them on her hips.

> Ferrets with thermal burns should be on an antibiotic and a topical medication such as Tresaderm should be used to aid healing.

I put Neosporin on them after 2 vets didn't know what they were (until the one finally said they looked like burns the day she was put to sleep) but stopped because it seemed to make them worse. Now I know why they were really starting to scab over.

Thanks for the info.






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