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Heather,
I'm not a vet but I've had a similar experience. Elliott started scratching
terribly. He was biting himself and I could hear him scratching all the time.
His coat became dry and brittle.
He did not have fleas or mites - we did skin scrapes. He put him on anti-
biotics just in case it might be in an infection. No change. We tried
prednisone....no change.
Then my vet thought it might be a food allergy. I was feeding Iam's Kitten
Proplan Kitten combo along with ferret chow. He told me to cut out the
chicken and feed him Proplan Turkey/Barley. He said if it was food it would
take about 3 weeks to notice a change.
Well, in 3 weeks, Elliott was a different ferret. He gained weight, stopped
scratching, his coat became soft and beautiful again, and now he is a happy
ferret. He eats Proplan Turkey/Barley and Iam's Lamb/Rice combo and I
haven't had any problems since then.
If your vet has done skin scrapes that are negative or if he has tried the
above and nothing is working, it's worth a shot to try to eliminate the
chicken and see if that's the problem.
MOST cat foods - and ferret foods have corn in them anyway. Some more than
others, but if you read the Marshall Food bag, you'll see that it also has
corn in it.
BTW, I occasionally try giving him other foods such as Totally Ferret, but
he started scratching all over again. We're waiting for TF to come in
different flavors - turkey or lamb - but until then he's doing fine on
turkey and lamb.
Debbie Riccio
WNYFLFA
Rochester, NY
[Posted in FML issue 1206]
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