Ferret update
Oct. 30th, 2004 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusAfter my stressing earlier in the week over the Evil Biting Weasel of Doom and his possible problems, he seems much better since then, so I'm holding off on a vet visit for him (for the mental health of both of us!).
Instead, Lily is off to the vets on Monday because she's getting bald patches. She had one on her back leg a while ago, but the hair grew back (though it never came back completely) and I didn't worry too much about it. She seemed fine and was eating okay so I didn't think it was too serious - now, however, she's getting a couple of bald patches elsewhere. She still seems perky enough, when she's awake, but it could be the first signs of something serious.
Thing is, I don't know how old she is - the rescue place I got her from, almost 3 years ago now, thought she was at least 2 years old then. She was, after all, a breeder's mistake - she's a black-eyed white and breeding for those means inbreeding (and she's got the half tail and twisted toes to prove it!). It's possible there are more things to worry about with that than the obvious physical ones...
Instead, Lily is off to the vets on Monday because she's getting bald patches. She had one on her back leg a while ago, but the hair grew back (though it never came back completely) and I didn't worry too much about it. She seemed fine and was eating okay so I didn't think it was too serious - now, however, she's getting a couple of bald patches elsewhere. She still seems perky enough, when she's awake, but it could be the first signs of something serious.
Thing is, I don't know how old she is - the rescue place I got her from, almost 3 years ago now, thought she was at least 2 years old then. She was, after all, a breeder's mistake - she's a black-eyed white and breeding for those means inbreeding (and she's got the half tail and twisted toes to prove it!). It's possible there are more things to worry about with that than the obvious physical ones...
