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Ulrike wrote:
>How can this happen? The abscess that Jack had last May just appeared.
>He doesn't get bitten, he doesn't get scratched. Dana's abscess couldn't
>have been a bite and neither Mason's or Tom's. And now Jack again! Is
>there a bug that can cause abscesses from the inside? I just can't figure
>out how it could have happened. The vets don't have a clue. For years I
>don't see any abscesses and now it seems there's an abscess epidemic...
Dear Ulrike,
Do your ferrets spend time outside? There is a parasite called a Cuterebra
(sp?) which is a fly that lays an egg on the fur. This hatches, burrows
into the skin and causes a large lump which can abcess. I know because we
have an outdoor run and WWW got 2 of these nasty things. There is usually
a small, round hole in the skin that the larvae breathes through, one
larvae per hole.
I hope this all gets better, it sounds like a nightmare for you.
cb
[Posted in FML issue 3325]
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