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Ferrets - Ear Mites
Does your ferret and scratch its ears as if it can't get the itching to stop? Do you find dark brown chunky material that looks like coffee ground come out when it shakes its head? If you answered yes, chances are your ferret has ear mites.
A quick simple test can quickly find ear mites if they are present and treatment can begin to soothe your ferrets ears. Of course there are many other conditions that can cause a ferret to shakes its head or excessively scratch at its ears, so we always recommend a health consultation whenever you see these behaviors.
A slide with the "coffee ground" appearing wax suggestive of ear mites
An ear mite egg just ready to hatch as seen under a microscope
Copyright 2008, Kevin Wright and Jay Johnson
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