http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/8095356.Is_your_ferret_ill_/ which begins: >FERRET owners in Redditch and Bromsgrove are being warned of a virus >outbreak that has claimed the lives of up to 80 ferrets. > >The Distemper virus normally affects canines, however it does pose a >threat to other animals and can be deadly to ferrets. and goes on to mention symptoms: >scabby areas around the lips and groin, discharges from the nose and >eyes, sneezing, coughing and thickening of the pads on the feet. and what can be done to prevent it: >we can use a vaccine to protect residents' ferrets against it with a >simple injection given once a year." as well as more info including a phone number to call for ferret people in that area. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6667]
