From:
"Karen McCabe"
Date: 2009-10-26 01:33:59 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: I'm new here and have a couple questions. 1 coughing, 1 bald
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Dawn" <lakergrl32@...> wrote:
>
> My little girl named Izzy has been having this cough like sneeze sound, she does it maybe 4-5 times every hour or more. Her nose is not running but this is not like her at all. I don't want my other ones to get sick.. Thank you so much for any thoughts or input to this.
This could be anything from hairballs (if you're not giving a hairball remedy regularly start now) to heart issues to pneumonia to cancer.
Note that ferrets do not catch colds, though they can get influenza and also bacterial infections.
> Secondly my little guy Echo seems to have hair missing on the very back end of his body, even on his tail, I don't notice him licking or anything, its just completely bald!!
>
This is adrenal disease.
Both of your ferrets need to see a ferret knowledgeable vet asap.
Karen McCabe
http://www.cinnamonsprite.net
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/adrenalferretslist/
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