>From: Melanie and Dustin <[log in to unmask]> >fetch started off by having that classical sign of adrenal disease... >hair loss. but the weird thing was that he also started getting these >strange blisters/ hot spots on his body. they didin't seem to bother >him, but we were really worried. they would form scabs, but i was >afraid that they would get infected because he was biting at them. Are they blisters or hard little bumps? Sound like they might be mast cell tumors. Here are a couple URL's: http://www.afip.org/ferrets/Mast/mastcell.html http://www.ferretcentral.org/faq/med/mast.html If they are mast cell tumors, you can put a cortisone cream on them to relieve the itching until you have them removed. -Lo [Posted in FML issue 4270]