Howdy Folks:
        A reply to the post below...
 
>I remember reading about orange-specked spots on ferrets' skin a
>couple of times, but I don't recall what the diagnosis was, or what
>cure was suggested.  Rusty's got a thin spot in the hair on his
>abdomen (he still hasn't shed his winter coat), and a small
>(dime-sized) patch of skin with little orange speckles showing
>through.  Anybody have any ideas or sugestions?
 
---Pam:
        I was one of the people who wrote in requesting information on
orange speckles or crusts on he skin.  One of our ferrets acquired a few
patches about a year ago.  We  saw the vet about them, but there was no
diagnosis.  The patches have spread and shrunk over the last year, and
there are a few permanent patches. It does not seem to affect the ferrets'
vigor and it does not appear to be contagious, because our other ferret
does not have the patches.  The one thing that is noticeable in our ferret
is that the underfur in the area is dyed a yellowish color.
 
[Sebhorrhea (sp?)?]
 
Ciao - DAVE and "the girls"
David F. Garvin
Research Molecular Biologist
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Lab
Cornell University
Tower Road
Ithaca, NY  14853
 
[Posted in FML issue 0830]