blue growth

[sirbeesting 4]

a gill ferret i have has a blue growth started to come on the back of her neck ,not sure if its a tick or not ,any advice on what it is and how to deal with it would be greatful ,cheers.

[mole catcher 1]

sounds very much like a tick. cover it with vaserlene and it will suffecate the little sod and it will drop off. this time of year is a nightmare for ticks on ferrets, they can get them from working or from the clean straw or hay that we place in there hutch as bedding. A good bit of kit is some stuff called TICK OFF DROPS by johnsons pet products, all pet shops have it for dogs and cats, its about 2.99 a bottle.

[socks 32,253]

vaseline is old fashioned and doesnt always work just pull the f****r out with a tick hook (pet shop a quid)

[Kay 3,709]

Yes it does sound like a tick , found one on one of mine on saturday & used a bit of vaserline on it , horrible things

[sirbeesting 4]

thanks alot for the replies will get rid of it now.

[mole catcher 1]

vaseline is old fashioned and doesnt always work just pull the f****r out with a tick hook (pet shop a quid)

 

 

so are snares old fashioned but they still work :whistle:

[devvo 0]

try shredded paper for bedding should stop your ferrets getting them in the future

 

 

cheers devvo

[youth 0]

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Edited October 30, 2008 by youth

[doddsy1970 9]

One other thought is have you got a hob in with her? If so it could be the start of an abcess where the hob has been ragging her and it's got infected. If you havent got a hob in with her I'd go with it being a tick and would frontline it