Bald patch on my ferrets tum?

[Rum_Kitty]

One of my year old ferrets has a small bald patch on her lower tummy stretching down to near her back legs...the skin is blue underneath as in blue ferret syndrome. Anybody have any idea why this might be happening? Isnt she a bit young for the likes of adrenal disease???

[hullhunter]

it sounds like the early stages of ferret alapecia.

[Rum_Kitty]

Oh dear...could it be breeding season related? She is jill jabbed but not yet spayed.

[Fuzzball]

I read somewhere before about a ferrets belly turning blue after being jill jabbed - I would take to the vets for a check-up as I cant for the life of me remember what the outcome was. Maybe google it?

Are you planning on spaying her? You have to spay so many weeks after the jill jab or she will come back in season again this year

[Fuzzball]

Are her nipples blue too (odd question I know!) Someone just mentioned they had a jill with blue nipples after a jill jab and they had an ovarian cyst, once the ferret was spayed though it all went back to normal.

[hullhunter]

why spay your ferrets i think its evil would you like it if someone spayed you. they are born to breed so why take there god given right away from them.

[Fuzzball]

I didnt say she had to spay her ferrets, I was asking if she was as the jill jab is only effective for a while. I breed my ferrets so am not against breeding, although I do spay them after they have had 2 or 3 litters as I dont think its fair on them to be mated over and over again every year by a vasectomised hob for no reason. And yes, once ive finished 'breeding' I would very much like someone to 'spay' me as im fed up with going through the same thing every month.

[hullhunter]

Fuzzball

ya son is very cute. ive got a 2 year old son and a lil girl due in a week cant wait.

[Rum_Kitty]

Originally Posted by hullhunter

why spay your ferrets i think its evil would you like it if someone spayed you. they are born to breed so why take there god given right away from them.

If everybody had that attitude there would be millions more dogs and cats running around...theres too many as it is. Not to mention if left unspayed and not given jabs or bred female ferrets can actually die. Sounds like a great "god given" right. I would never breed my girls there's far too many unwanted ferrets as it is! And actually I dont like children at all so yeah I'd love it if someone would spay me!

Fuzzball just keeping them on jabs just now but they will be spayed late this year, probably autumn tho.

[Fuzzball]

I would get your jill checked out, just to be safe as if it is a cyst it could rupture. How long ago was she jill-jabbed?