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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 16:55:51 GMT -5
I'm worried that my ferret may have ringworm. I have two ferrets that live together in a ferret nation cage they have been together for 3 yrs and I've had no problem with them fighting or anything so I'm not sure what's going on. Princess was losing her hair a while back but it grew back and she hasn't had any issues other than this skin problem. If anyone has any information please let me know.
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Post by kpaz on Nov 11, 2012 17:03:55 GMT -5
Can you give some more information? What makes you think your ferret has ringworm?
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Post by Sherry on Nov 11, 2012 17:05:00 GMT -5
Definitely need more info as well as some pictures. TBH, my first thought is adrenal disease
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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 17:16:49 GMT -5
I'm really new at this site sorry I tried to put pictures I guess it didn't work ill try again. I thought that she had adrenal disease at first but then she got her hair back... I pray that she doesn't but it seems to me that she may have it I'm going to take her to the vet next month but if she does have it what do you do for that or is there anything you can do?
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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 17:25:16 GMT -5
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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 17:26:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2012 17:31:56 GMT -5
That looks like a mast cell tumor. I usually just put some neosporin on the mast cell tumor. Within a few days it's gone. Mast cell tumor do come back, in different area. I usually catch them before they get out of hand.
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Post by shiftyferret on Nov 11, 2012 17:38:27 GMT -5
Ferrets with adrenal disease can still grow their hair back seasonally. I would still watch for that.
And definitely looks like a mast cell.
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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 17:39:47 GMT -5
Thanks so much! I'm so glad it's not adrenal disease  |
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Post by crazylady on Nov 11, 2012 17:42:20 GMT -5
I agree with the others it looks like a mast cell ring worm is contagious to humans so you can catch it normally if a ferret has ring worm the human shows signs first ! take care bye for now
Bev
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Post by mindysmith88 on Nov 11, 2012 17:46:44 GMT -5
Thanks for all the info!! Love this site everyone is so helpful and nice....  |
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Post by Heather on Nov 11, 2012 17:56:53 GMT -5
Ring worm will shine under black light
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2012 19:03:06 GMT -5
Worms are very rare in ferrets. I'd take your ferret into the vet's for testing for adrenal disease. You can do a 3 month trial of lupron rather than a blood panel, but if your ferret has no other symptoms it'd be hard to tell if it was doing anything.
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Post by Sherry on Nov 11, 2012 19:11:00 GMT -5
Also, if you can get some reishi mushroom capsules and give her 1/4 capsule daily in a soup or something it will help that mast cell tremendously.
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Post by Heather on Nov 11, 2012 20:10:19 GMT -5
First....ring worm is not a worm...ring worm is a fungal infection. A highly contagious fungal infection. www.medicinenet.com/ringworm/article.htmSo true a ferret is often got a higher than normal capacity to fight off internal parasites (worms) because of their faster digestion but this has nothing to do with digestion. The word ring comes from the ring mark that it occasionally makes on the skin. It is possible to have ringworm and not have the tell tale marks, though itching will be present ciao |
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