>I was recently baby sitting for a friends ferret.  My fuzzie and thiers did
>not really get along an they faught a lot.  My friend came back today and
>took her ferret back.  Anyway, when I took my ferret out to play this
>evening I noticed two small bruises near each back leg in the joint area on
>the belly.  I was wondering if the other ferret bit her there or if this is
>some sympton for an illness and if this is something the vet should see.
 
This is facinating how everyone's ferrets do much the same thing at the same
time.  This time last year, everyone was remarking on how THICK their ferret
coats were coming in.  This year, I noticed the "blue marks" on the belly
down by the rear legs.  It's just fur growing in (like some other people
have mentioned) but it's so odd that so many ferrets are doing this at the
same time!  I really don't remember any of my other ferrets *ever* getting
these fur-marks, but here I have one who does!  And it's definitely fur.  If
you get right down there and look closely (or get a magnifying glass) you'll
see it's just fur.
 
So don't worry.
 
--Barb--
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Barbara Carlson                   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
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Thought for the day:
    If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting!
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[Posted in FML issue 2101]