Once AGAIN, Carpet Sharking in all the Wrong Places

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Not as bad as you think. No GIANT Ticks to report or anything.
Just itching.
And itching.
And itching!

We all know fuzzies are itchy critters, but this was more scratching than I have seen any of the previous family (5) do. EVER.
And two of them had adrenal.

But during our daily tick-inspections, I have consistently noticed red bumps, slightly irritated looking and slightly raised.
As they do not look like any of the (few) pictures of ferret tumors I have found, I have unilaterally decided that ferts get bug bites just like the rest of us when slogging through the untamed wilds.

That is all good and well, yet does nothing to resolve the itching which seems intolerable and in some places seems to have caused minor scabbing over.

That's where Children's Benadryl comes in.

Oddly enough, no search of the FHL turned up any useful dosage information. There were articles suggesting using Children's Benadryl for this or that issue, but no measurements.

Fortunately, I came upon this, compliments of the Loving Ferrets Forum:

"Children's Benadryl (12.5mg/5mL) is given at 0.5-2mg/kg orally bid or tid (two or three times per day).

One teaspoon is about 5 mL
12.5/5 gets to 2.5 mg per mL
Since the amounts given are usually multiples of a tenth of the mL, 0.1 mL has 0.25 mg of Benadryl. So, 0.2 mL has 0.5mg, 0.3 mL has 0.75 mg, 0.4 mL has 1.0 mg of Benadryl by weight, etc.

(Since your ferret weighs 2.5 lbs, that is just a bit over 1kg.)
Therefore, the dose for your ferret will be about 0.25mL to 0.8mL every 8-12 hours.
I would start at the lowest dose of 0.25mL and increase as needed."


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Recently on one of marathon hikes in the woods, Ranmaru found a fallen, rotting tree - small trunk and broken open. He started scratching at the blackish insides, almost a mulch-like consistency but more packed together. I thought he was playing in it but then I saw him biting and pulling off pieces - stringy pieces.

And eating them??!?

I thought maybe it might be termites in there since I know some ferts will eat bugs, but upon inspection, I couldn't see any bugs just blackish tree innards.

And today again he was investigating one of his renovated 'homes' (burrows) in the cliff. Normally, he spends his time digging out any new leafage, but today he was back there.
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And back there.
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And just sitting Back There.
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So I squeaked for him to come out which he did...licking his chompers.
Saw the same blackish stuff on his molars when I made him yawn to investigate the inside.

It hasn't seem to have affected his eating or activity or bowel habits.

Also, in our continued outings, I have seen other odd related behavior.
He will suddenly stop, sniff around wildly at the ground, then dig up a small patch which inevitably reveals dark soil and stringy roots which he immediately commences feasting upon.
(These are not directly close to any tree stumps.)

What is this stuff??!?
Ferret-Pot?!

I am just intensely curious why he should be so crazy for it and what it is.
IF YOU KNOW OR HAVE ANY THEORIES, please leave a note in the comments section.


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