Message Number: YPG417 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Nelli"
Date: 2006-12-07 21:54:40 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Hair loss on tail
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>

Hi,
one of our ferrets has had rat tail for a few years. (He's not adrenal.) This summer it didn't appear again. Only one thing changed in his life: he had one of his teeth pulled out. He has always had ugly teeth but the vets we saw said they weren't so serious to treat. Of course, it's a guess but I can't help thinking that his rat tail was due to his teeth and they were worse than thought. And I believe that sometimes some sort of inflamation in the body can also cause rat tail.

But I have also seen ferrets kept on low quality cat food with rat tail getting all right after a change in nutrition containing a lot more meat protein.



Nelli


----- Original Message -----
From: Gerri Himberger
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Hair loss on tail


I have the same thing happening with five out of ten- no parasites nothing wong healthwise- the vet says omly dry skin. Any ideas????

Robert Rose <robert.rose@rogers.com> wrote: Good Day one and all,

>3 1/2 years of age. We have begun to notice that 4 of the 5 are
>starting to lose hair on their tails. The hair loss appears to be




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