>From:    Lapinski <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: ferrets feet are rotting
>
>A girl I've recently met has had this ferret a little over a week.  She
>got it from some people who said they're moving and can't take it with
>them.
>
>She's a little albino girl, and her feet are bare (no fur), and swollen,
>and her right foot appears to be rotting off.  It's covered in
>green/yellow type coloring, and last night had started seeping fluids.
 
Has anyone considered that this may be "Foot Rot"? Foor Rot is caused
by the sarcoptes scabiei mite and the treatment would be a shot of
ivermectin, 0.2 to 0.4 mg/kg SC and repeat every 2 weeks until it heals.
 
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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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URA Redneck if your veterinarian is also a taxidermist.
[Posted in FML issue 3820]