A day spent trying to find some info on parasites (which I could not
find) though I found some fun webpages for all of us such as:
http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/fleB.html (good flea picies and life
cycle info)
 
http://www.lbah.com/intpar.htm
 
http://www.geocities.com/catcare2000/Parasites.htm
 
I am trying to find if ear mites, their eggs or both can be frozen with a
certain amount of time in a standard freezer.  Some types of adult mites
do freeze but some don't and I couldn't find a thing about their eggs.
 
Does anyone here have that info?  I am sure that FHL members will be
looking, too, so we can all also look in
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth
in case someone there provides the data to teach us all.
 
BTW, some segments with mite basics from
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/~mbirchen/secondyear/parasitbugstudyguide.htm
>Suborder Mesostigmata...
> lifecycle takes four weeks or less...
> can cause mange and scabes
> simple metamorphosis
> male copulates and dies
> females...lay eggs singly
> Nymphs molt twice in the pockets before becoming adults
 
and ear mites specifically:
> Otodectes cynotis-ear mites
> *non-burrowing
> dogs, cats, ferrets
> accompanied by ulcerations and self-inflicted hematomas
> *very contagious
 
Any entomologists or parasitologists here?
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Hey, Wolfy!  I thought you'd surely comment on how pretty some of those
kidney stone types are in their pictures!  I'm disappointed.
 
Sukie-not-a-vet
Information is what you make of it.
[Posted in FML issue 4756]