http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm?gid=1423922&messageid=3162 >I posted a while ago on this - my Quark has little sores all over his >tail and back legs (along with no fur - he did have a cancerous adrenal >removed almost a year ago and the fur never grew back. he'll be 8 in >May). I'm going to try just washing it once a day with soap and trying >something called "udderly smooth". does anyone have any experience with >this or "bag balm"? I was a little concerned with the antiseptic bit of >the bag balm Bag balm is very safe stuff - nothing to be concerned about. Of course, I am still concerned about the possibility of adrenal here - a couple of pictures would really help. Adrenal ferrets may develop dilated blood vessels that aren't really sores over their body, or dime-sized red marks that disappear after a few days... With kindest regards, Bruce Williams, DVM [Posted in FML issue 4048]