Help! My ferret has a bald spot!?

Question

there is a small spot on the end of his tail that has very short white hair that is very stiff! what do i do!?

Answer 1

if your ferret is losing fur and you see black specks on the skin then it could just be black heads but if not you need to take it to a vet either way you should. losing fur can be a sign of alot of things one of my ferrets would lose her tail fur every time we moved out vet said it was a natural stress reaction but either way get your ferret checked!

Answer 2

Joniboni is correct but also watch the location for pronounced swelling in case a chordoma may be starting.

To learn about those see:

http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath...

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferre...

http://ferrethealth.org/archive/

http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html

http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/

http://www.ferretcongress.org/

http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml

http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferr...

Answer 3

Well, on the end of the tail?  If it is just a small spot and your ferret has no other symptoms of Adrenal disease.  I would not worry about it.  

Some ferrets lose most or all of the hair on their tail every summer. This phenomenon, called 'tail alopecia,' is most common in males. The tail begins to look like a rat's tail, with scaly skin, sparse, bristly hair, and blackheads. This is a very unattractive but harmless condition with no known cause. Many nutritional, medical, and dermatological remedies have been tried, and sometimes the hair grows back, with or without treatment. Usually when the ferret changes his coat in the fall, the tail hair regrows, but he is likely to lose it again the next spring.

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?...

Try this site.