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[fieldsportsman 107]

Cleaned out my hutch as I do every week, and put some anti parasite stuff on the ferrets, anyways I noticed that they have patches of red on their backs as if someone put loads of of dots from a red pen, it's near to where they were scratched by a rabbit, what could this be, also these little White moths flew out which I've never seen before, what are they, I've phoned the vets for a check up, want to know what u lads think, cheers

[martnmagik 68]

not too sure about the blotches on skin without seeing them but is the hutch damp? as ive seen a couple of damp hutches that had something similar if not the same as you describe in them

[fieldsportsman 107]

Hmm no the hutches are dry, I cld try and gt a pic

[fieldsportsman 107]

Any other info,

[joe14 98]

Not sure but I wouldnt put owt on them for parasites unless you've actually seen something on em.

[fieldsportsman 107]

Does anyone else have any other ideas

[cornishtrapper 3]

what do you use for bedding?

[nod 285]

have they been is season recently, if you have 2 jills one could have been in season and treated the other jill as her young, dragging and biting her on the back of the neck causing it to become red and sore, e45 cream on the sore should make it bit better

[fieldsportsman 107]

I'm using paper at the mo but getting hay as it's the winter. Nod that's fair point one does drag the other about. I've only really noticed it when I saw the scratched made by rabbits, it may be bruising from them. Or maybe jst part of skin and never noticed, I think I'm jst bit paranoid. Does anyone have any idea what thoughs whitish flys are,

[ferret100 47]

The little insects are probably Whiteflies, they are an problem to crops but not to animals. The red patches/red dots are probably from each other squabbling, it's very common this time of year and a few applications of Sudocream should sort it out very quickly. Atb

[fieldsportsman 107]

Very helpful cheers

[Ideation 8,216]

Does it look kind of like red/brown rust on their skin?

[fieldsportsman 107]

kind of mate, why

Edited September 7, 2011 by fieldsportsman

[Ideation 8,216]

Could be mange mate. Looks like a kind of reddy/brown rust on the skin when you part the hair. Can be sorted with ivermectin. When i had it i used xeno mini 50 for the smaller ferrets and xeno 450 for the larger hobs. Just a thought.