hair loss in ferrets

[dinger 0]

hi all i am new t hunting life but to kick things off over the summer i have lost two of my best woring jills they started lossing there hair and then all of there wight and then died , i now have another jill that is lossing here hair but at the min she is keeping her wight on i have not chaned there food or the type of beding that i am using does ne one think they may no what has made my ferrets go like this

[Kay 3,709]

hi all i am new t hunting life but to kick things off over the summer i have lost two of my best woring jills they started lossing there hair and then all of there wight and then died , i now have another jill that is lossing here hair but at the min she is keeping her wight on i have not chaned there food or the type of beding that i am using does ne one think they may no what has made my ferrets go like this

 

do you mean total hair loss exposing skin or just moulting out the old coat , leaving the downey undercoat

[dinger 0]

hi all i am new t hunting life but to kick things off over the summer i have lost two of my best woring jills they started lossing there hair and then all of there wight and then died , i now have another jill that is lossing here hair but at the min she is keeping her wight on i have not chaned there food or the type of beding that i am using does ne one think they may no what has made my ferrets go like this

 

do you mean total hair loss exposing skin or just moulting out the old coat , leaving the downey undercoat

 

its hair loss exposing all of the skin

[sue 1]

was they left in season

[dinger 0]

was they left in season

 

yes they were all lift in season bu two of them were mated last year and had litters

[Lerk 0]

Anaemia???

I'd get it checked by a vet, otherwise you may find another stiff...

 

Look into either Jill Jabs or vasectomised hob to bring your jills out of season - vasectomy will probably cost less than putting your jill back right - this time - and you won't run into the same problem again

[The one 8,467]

My old jills do that moult out till there bald then seem to recover once the darker night come in but there at least 10 or 11 years old

[jenksi87 3]

my albino jill (i say albino, she was more yellow) started to go bald behind her ears mate.

she has now got her new coat through and its white, she looks much better

[earthpig 0]

Had this once vet said it was a type of mange scarotoptic or something like that spelling probebly different any way tryed everything and when i shoed my grandfather he said bath in sulphur water twice daily and beleave you me i worked but she came back more of a ginger than yellowy / white as she was befor he said all the old ferreters he knew would regularly bath dogs ferrets etc in this water to give them condition to prevent these conditions , give it a try Google and see if their is any sulpher springs near you,stiks like rotten eggs but dont smell after get a glass down you supose to be good for you

[dinger 0]

Had this once vet said it was a type of mange scarotoptic or something like that spelling probebly different any way tryed everything and when i shoed my grandfather he said bath in sulphur water twice daily and beleave you me i worked but she came back more of a ginger than yellowy / white as she was befor he said all the old ferreters he knew would regularly bath dogs ferrets etc in this water to give them condition to prevent these conditions , give it a try Google and see if their is any sulpher springs near you,stiks like rotten eggs but dont smell after get a glass down you supose to be good for you

 

thanks very much i will give it a go and see how it goes :sick:

[watchman 256]

hi all i am new t hunting life but to kick things off over the summer i have lost two of my best woring jills they started lossing there hair and then all of there wight and then died , i now have another jill that is lossing here hair but at the min she is keeping her wight on i have not chaned there food or the type of beding that i am using does ne one think they may no what has made my ferrets go like this

happened to mine mate many years ago,remember a old boy telling me something about liver damage or kidney failure might be total boll*x but hey who knows atb

[PORK CHOP 13]

hi there boyo im going through the same thing my 3 year old jill is loosing her fur but got new coming through hopefuly its just a moulting process atb pork chop