mites / fleas / skin conditions symptoms please

[darren m 1]

hi all i need help -- looks like i,m going to have to visit the vet

 

now all 3 ferts have this skin condition , right between the shoulders , thats where its worse , probably cause they where they can reach for a scratch

 

but what is it ????? i cant see anything , but somethings making them itchy

 

can some one give me any ideas , what are the symptoms of mites , fleas etc and how could they catch them , or what else could it be . apart from this they are v.well .

 

some one must have experience of such things please advise me

 

 

thanks in advance

[ferret15 0]

hi all i need help -- looks like i,m going to have to visit the vet

 

now all 3 ferts have this skin condition , right between the shoulders , thats where its worse , probably cause they where they can reach for a scratch

 

but what is it ????? i cant see anything , but somethings making them itchy

 

can some one give me any ideas , what are the symptoms of mites , fleas etc and how could they catch them , or what else could it be . apart from this they are v.well .

 

some one must have experience of such things please advise me

 

 

thanks in advance

 

in your previous post you said they were not itching so i ruled out fleas/mites,so i didn't comment as i didn't know what it could be. but now that they are itching maybe they were before but you hadn't seen them doing it i would get some front line spot on but be careful not to get it in the sore skin. if this doesn't work it might be mites i hope not as they can be hard to get rid off. fleas can be picked up from long grass rabbits etc even the neighbors cat having a sniff in the night as they can jump over four foot mites can be in hay straw shavings the hutch almost any where

try not to be worried, do the flea treatment and see where you get to from there.

[hairyarsedscotsman 0]

I agree sounds like mites to me, probably in the straw.clean all bedding and disinfect hutch.

hope you get it sorted out soon.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

i picked up 2 ferrets last week and soon realised that they have ear mites I'm now treating the whole stock with thornit, its not expensive and from what i gather verry verry effective !

[darren m 1]

yea i did,nt notice the scratching at all at first , but looking at the marks and then seeing them do it now .

 

how would i know if its mites or fleas , what am i looking for .

 

re- thornit ear powder i have some for my dogs already , but regarding the ferret whats recomended to do with it . ie put in ears or on fur .

[ferret15 0]

yea i did,nt notice the scratching at all at first , but looking at the marks and then seeing them do it now .

 

how would i know if its mites or fleas , what am i looking for .

 

re- thornit ear powder i have some for my dogs already , but regarding the ferret whats recomended to do with it . ie put in ears or on fur .

 

it sounds like fleas so i would treat for fleas if this dosnt stop it then it might be mites but i think fleas. dont do both at the same time. it could make them ill

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

yea i did,nt notice the scratching at all at first , but looking at the marks and then seeing them do it now .

 

how would i know if its mites or fleas , what am i looking for .

 

re- thornit ear powder i have some for my dogs already , but regarding the ferret whats recomended to do with it . ie put in ears or on fur .

 

 

if its ear mites then you wil usually see a way brown deposit in there ears rub the powder into there ears and over there coats especially between there toes, apply for 3 days leave for 2 and apply for 3 again, keep this up for 3 weeks

[Kay 3,709]

yea i did,nt notice the scratching at all at first , but looking at the marks and then seeing them do it now .

 

how would i know if its mites or fleas , what am i looking for .

 

re- thornit ear powder i have some for my dogs already , but regarding the ferret whats recomended to do with it . ie put in ears or on fur .

 

If its fleas they deposit a black gritty poo, comb the coat on a pieces of slightly damp kitchen paper & then once you have got some of the grit on the paper fold it over, then re open the paper & if you see a red halo round the grit its fleas , the grit is dried blood the fleas have sucked out your ferret

[skycat 6,173]

Here's one of our jills moulting heavily. She's absolutely fine and healthy but some ferrets do moult out very heavily almost as if the fur is coming out in handfuls. As you can see, the skin is not irritated or red: are yours the same as this one?

[darren m 1]

no sign of fleas ,

not moulting ,

 

there is a waxy orangey brown (well) wax in there ears .

got some spot on for rabbits g.pigs etc from the pet superstore , have applied it 2 xpipets to the hob and 1 x pipets to each jill .

do i need to do any thing else .

 

if it is mite how long before it will work ( i not sure if it is though) .

 

should i have bathed them first .

 

any one got directions to ferret skin conditions or a pic of some thing similar .

 

thanks all for your help

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

no sign of fleas ,

not moulting ,

 

there is a waxy orangey brown (well) wax in there ears .

got some spot on for rabbits g.pigs etc from the pet superstore , have applied it 2 xpipets to the hob and 1 x pipets to each jill .

do i need to do any thing else .

 

if it is mite how long before it will work ( i not sure if it is though) .

 

should i have bathed them first .

 

any one got directions to ferret skin conditions or a pic of some thing similar .

 

thanks all for your help

 

use the thornit it will kill all adult mites within 3 days then miss 2 days and reaply to kill any eggs that have hatched carry this on for 3 weeks