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Fellow FMLer's
Once again I ask for friendly advice (and many thanks to all who in the
past harkened to my pleas for help!) I took in 3 ferrets from King County
Animal Rescue yesterday (Western WA). All 3 had fleas! Two of the fuzzies
had what I would call "a normal amount of fleas" for an animal that had
been at a county shelter for one week. But the third ferret - I have
NEVER seen so many fleas on one animal! I treated him with Marshall's
flea/tick/lice foam, then went to bathe him. The fleas were so many that
they literally made a stampede for his face. I had never seen anything
like this. His eyes, nose, and mouth were covered (they were hanging off
his whiskers!) Poor little thing! He had been reported to be a little
nippy - I guess so, with all those fleas! I treated him with the
Marshall's product and with Flea Halt! for ferrets - is there anything
else (besides persistance) that I can do? I doubt there is a 'flea dip'
for ferrets like we used for dogs or cats. I even used a nit comb to pull
out those nasty buggers! Any advice or experience would be helpful!
[Posted in FML issue 2796]
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