Vet Visit Tomorrow

Two of my fur-kids have a visit to the vet tomorrow. Tyran, my 6 year old marbled tabby cat has to go in for her ears. They are full of this nasty, black, waxy substance. It doesn't smell and I don't think its mites. She is also licking the fur off her front legs. Someone mentioned it could be a yeast infection in her ear and she's getting it on her legs.

The other fur-kid who has to go to the vet is Twitch, my 4.5 year old ferret. She's a Marshall's Ferret which means she came from the company Marshalls who breeds ferrets for the pet industry. These ferrets are poorly bred and are very likey to develop Adrenal Disease. There is no cure for Adrenal Disease, only treatment to manage symptoms. Twitch already has 2 symptoms. Adrenal Disease can also be brought on by a poor diet. MOST (if not all) ferret foods are actually not good for your ferret. Currently I feed mine a high protein, grain free, cat kibble. But even this isn't that great for them. Idealy, they should be on a raw meat/bone/organ diet or whole prey diet. My ferrets WERE on a raw diet but I recently switched them back to kibble. I have plans to put them back on a raw/whole prey diet.

So keep Twitch in your thoughts. If the vet does diagnose her with Adrenal she will have to go on medication for the rest of her life. Poor baby! And she's so young!

Sorry to hear that Jesse. Hopefully everything works out and goes smoothly. Keep us posted. Got your fur-kids in my thoughts

Thank you. I'm hoping I can put Twitch on a 6 month implant instead of daily medication. This just goes to show you, you HAVE to put ferrets on the proper diet from the start.

Definately... goes to show that the ones in the petstores you see probably aren't given the proper diet either... which means only way to for sure get proper diet is to get them as babies and raise them... correct???

Yes. I got Twitch when she was about 8 weeks old which is pretty much the earliest you can get them (kinda like puppies). I fed her raw for several years and then switched her to kibble because I couldn't keep up with organizing their diet properly. Now she has this. I can't wait to get them all on whole prey.