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I was wondering if it is normal for a ferret to have an
unusual (or at least what I think is unusual) amount
of ear wax. I at first thought it was ear mites because
it looks like that in a way, however when I took her
to the vet, she couldn't find any mites under the scope
and told me that mites produce a darker substance.
She said if it still appears that there is a lot of
wax she would look into it again next month again.
It doesn't appear to irritate Tiki but in the last
two weeks I have cleaned her ears approximately 3 times.
Does anyone have any ideas of what the problem might be?
 
Can anyone recommend a food that is healthy yet doesn't
stink up my whole apartment? I was using kitten IAMS but
it really smelled bad so I switched to proplan. Also
I read somewhere that you should feed ferrets moist
food sometimes because the dry has a lot more protein than
they need. Is this true?
 
[Our vet recommends Science Diet dry or IAMS dry.  We've
progressed through the SD kitten, mature and diet brands with
Mocha and it seems to be fine.  We're now trying a special
made-for-ferrets dry, but it doesn't seem to make any difference,
except for costing 3 times as much as the normal S/D stuff, which
is already high priced for cat food.  You can back off almost
completely from the moist food if you like - use the moist stuff
as a 1-3 time per week supplement.]
 
Deb
                                                                          
[Posted in FML 0114]