210 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



off a sort of red dandruff. This is a light form 

 of scurvy and seldom effects any but young and 

 growing ferrets. The treatment is the same as in 

 foot rot, only it would injure the young ferrets 

 to dip them in coal oil or turpentine. It is a 

 good plan to use a stiff brush. This can be 

 dipped in the coal oil and applied to all the 

 affected par^s. This works a little oil into the 

 skin and wh^n it is done carefully it does not 

 injure the ferret. One application usually cleans 

 off all the scurvy and leaves the ferret in good 

 condition.'' 



Lump Jaw. — This disease is just a common 

 boil which comes on the head, jaw or neck of the 

 ferret. If ferrets are kept in a thrifty condition, 

 they are seldom affected in this way. If they 

 become thin and in a poor condition, the blood 

 becomes impure and the boils appear. When the 

 boil comes on the head or jaw, it usually lasts '• 

 only a short time; but when it is deep-seated on 

 the neck and is of the ord ^r of a tumorous growth 

 there is but little that ca< i be done for it. When 

 it is discovered that a ferret is affected in this 

 way, it should be watched closely and as soon as 

 the lump comes to a head a nd gets soft, it should 

 be cut open and the pus rqueezed out. Some 

 cases may need this treatmf.nt repeated several 

 times. The ferret should h ' \)laced in a pen by 



