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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 15:34:04 GMT -5
I was wondering if any of you have noticed a disappearance of black heads when feeding your ferrets a raw diet. I used to have to give Lou a good tail scrubbing twice a week while he was on kibble, and his black heads would pop up again instantly. Now that I've been feeding him raw, I've only had to scrub his tail maybe twice in several months and I really have to look hard to find any black heads.
Is this a normal thing, or am I just lucky?
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 25, 2013 16:51:32 GMT -5
I never really bothered. Scrubbing doesn't affect hair regrowth with rat tail. Just wait until the next shed and it usually takes care of itself.
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Post by Sherry on Jun 25, 2013 17:24:03 GMT -5
I don't bother either. And mine have been on raw for long enough I actually don't remember  Although it does make sense that they would decrease. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 18:31:10 GMT -5
I'm thrilled you are already seeing benefits of feeding raw. I never saw any blackheads on Ponce, he was feed kibble (unfortunately, i didn't find the HFF until he was already sick), but if any new little ones find their way to us, I definitely want to go raw.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 19:03:18 GMT -5
I had read online that in order to get rid of black heads and keep the hair from falling out, you could wash their tails well with a special shampoo a couple times a week. I never bought the shampoo (I'm kinda cheap...), but Lou had so many black heads and his hair was falling out. The scrubbing did help clear up the black heads a bit, but now they're almost completely gone.
I was never worried about the hair falling out, but I hate having black heads personally and I'm sure he felt a bit better after having his tail cleaned. I didn't care if his hair fell out, I just wanted him to be as comfortable and as happy as he could be.
Chip and Baltimore never had a problem with black heads, just Lou.
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Post by Sherry on Jun 26, 2013 1:27:16 GMT -5
To be honest mine don't ever seem to have noticed naked tails |
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Post by Heather on Jun 26, 2013 12:46:07 GMT -5
The naked tail is a visual thing. The ferrets don't seem to notice. Fun-Go thinks he's sexy and he's got almost as much fur on his body as his tail (he's a nakid). He does have about 10 gorgeous white hairs on the very tip of his tail.
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 10:05:28 GMT -5
My local vet said that rat tail may be caused by vitamin deficiency and feeding raw eggs daily will quickly fix that. Can this be true? Have anyone noticed that feeding more eggs will keep the tail and coat beautifully furry all year around?
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Post by Sherry on Jul 31, 2014 8:49:59 GMT -5
Feeding raw eggs daily will not only throw off the balance of the diet, but your ferret will have the most horrendous stools on a consistent basis. I don't know where vets come up with this stuff!
All rat tail is, is an excess of oils being secreted due to the hormones produced by the body. Which is why it generall occurs in spring, when rut would occur.
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