Hi FML friends,
 
Sorry to be posting twice in one day, but I have a question.  When a ferret
sheds its hair and grows a new coat in the spring and fall (I think its
called molting?), can they get symptoms similar to having an illness?
 
My second fuzzy KC just dumped half of her summer coat and grew her new,
fluffy winter coat in the period of about a week.  I noticed during that
exact time (which, BTW, was right after her annual distemper shot/vet check
up - where she was found perfectly healthy), she was acting a big more
lethargic than usual, had funny, green-tinged poop and made a funny wheezing
noise & licked her lips quite a bit.
 
As I started to get very worried (typical furkid mom!!  :), her new coat
finished "arriving" and strangely enough, KC's symptoms disappeared.  I'm
asking because my younger baby Jasmine who was born in March '96, hasn't
gone through this shedding period yet (she still has her summer coat) & I'm
curious to hear from vets and other fert experts if this is a common
occurrence so I can prepare for her turn.
 
Thanks everyone & hugs to your fuzzbeans!
 
Jennifer, Jasmine and KC
[Posted in FML issue 1748]