From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2006-06-20 15:06:24 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: chronic suppurative and hyperplastic dermatitis; REPLY TO
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Yes, I saw.
If it is not either of those Pam mentioned an option which is even harder to recognize than
cutaneous lymphoma (and you thought that demodex or sarcoptes could be hard to find...
wry smile...) but it is good one to keep in mind partly because it isn't hard to treat many
times: pemphigus.
Here is past post on that:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG17616
From: sukiec@optonline.net
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
STEPH, PLEASE
Dr. Bruce Williams has asked me to carry this reply to the FHL:
START QUOTE
Dear Stephanie:
This condition looks very much like an immune-mediated dermatitis, which
would fit with the history. I have seen a number of cases of pemphigus
(or at least immune-mediated disease. Because the blisters that are
associated with pemphigus are so fragile, they ararely are present in
the biopsy and you get non-specific findings like you have mentioned.
#1 - is he still on any medications? First thing to do is to take him
off anything we can (including tresaderm). While we don't know a lot of
specifics of immune disease in ferrets, in dogs and cats, many immune
diseases are triggered by meds and get better (although they may not
totally clear) if we remove the primary offender.
#2 - I would start on high disease of steroids - prednisone about 2mg/lb
orally would be where I would start at this point.
Ive seen cases like this get better, and some in which there is enough
damage to the skin that they don't really turn around.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
END QUOTE
[Sukie Note: Dr. Williams later let me know that some of the ferrets with this disorder also
get Imuran.]
I hope that a solution is found soon for Pecan; skin problems can be very frustrating to
narrow down just like intestinal ones can.
Sukie (not a vet)
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