Message Number: FHL879 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "forgewizard"
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 08:19:55 -0000
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret licking hot spot
Ann,
Have you had the ferret checked out by a vet? The photo shows what
appears to be a considerable bald area along the ventral line. A vet
may have one of those cones small enough to prevent the ferret from
reaching that spot.
Other than that you might get creative with a pair of scissors and the
cuff of a sock.
Regards, JosiesMom
www.vanityferret.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Ann Haager" <ann@...> wrote:
>
> Any ideas on how to keep a ferret from licking a hot spot on his hind
> leg? We're putting neosporin on it twice a day and I know that some
> ferrets actually like the taste of it. But it's like it's itchy and he
> has to scratch. I don't want him making it worse, and I don't want him
> eating the neosporin. I thought about bitter apple, but wouldn't that
> make the itching and pain worse? Or would it work if I put the
> neosporin on first acting like a barrier between the hot spot and the
> bitter apple?
>
> Thanks
> Ann
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