>I have a one and a half year old female albino ferret named Antha.  I have
>been worried abour her for a couple of months now.  Three months ago i
>brought her to the vet because she had some sort of black heads on the tip
>of her tail and she was losing hair.  The vet said this was the result of a
>hormone inbalance, but that i should not worry about it.  The black spots
>are still there and the hair lost keeps stoping and starting again.  My
>other little one, Lucy, has no such problem.
 
We had this problem with one of ours.  It was refered to as Tail Acne as
I remember.  We just used to wash the Fert's tail with an astringent and
it cleared up and went away.  No more problems.
 
                     Regards,
                         Kevin and Donna
                               Augsburg, GE
                        Regards,
                           SOUP
[Posted in FML issue 1522]