Good morning: I have a question for you all. One of our masters (Slartibartfast, a 7ish month old male) is losing the hair on the front of both front legs. There seems to be no irritation or soreness in the area. Neither of our other ferrets, both slightly older females, have had this happen. Is this likely to be normal shedding? [Sounds odd. Normal shedding is usually even, and rarely enough to notice hair loss - the only way you know it's happening is the hair in the bottom of their cage. Ferrets, particularly females, will lose hair around the genital area duing heat cycles. Not the fore legs... What are you feeding them? When we got Nicia she was missing quite a bit of hair on her tail, chin and back legs. That turned out to be symptomatic of a *major* infection and malnourishment. Suggest you see a vet] Thanks for your help... Wes Internet: [log in to unmask] Bix: wcowley DASNet: [DCI2WC]wcowley [Posted in FML 0074]