It is 300 years since ferrets arrived in America as domesticated pets. Just like all living things, they show symptoms of various diseases and thus the ferret owners have to be aware of the symptoms provide timely medical assistance in case of diseases such as the ferret hair loss.
Ferrets have a tendency to molt, which results in detachment of the hair during the night. Normally, the feathered hair of ferrets will fall in spring and grow back in the winter. But due to the molt, sometimes there is complete loss of hair in a very short period of time and also quickly grow hair. You need not worry about this condition, as it is normal for ferrets to experience this.
There is high incidence of tumor of the adrenal gland in ferrets found in America. The tumor is widespread especially when they are between 3-4 years old, but in a few cases it is even if they are longer than 4 years old. At this point, they know hair loss, known as endocrine alopecia. Unlike during molting, during this condition, hair begins with the tail and extremities eventually fall out of the ferrets deprived hair with a few spots at the end of the tail and the head. The ferret has to be taken to a vet if this happens.
As pet owners love their animals, they are completely familiar of symptoms occurs before the disease and never miss noticing the symptom. The ferret hair loss is a symptom of glandular enlargement, leading to tumor for the ferret.
Signs of hair loss in ferrets must carefully be noted without mixed with normal hair loss. If early detection of symptoms is missed, it would have been difficult to save the ferret as the tiny animal quickly fell to distress and succumbs. Therefore, it is not a bad idea to bring the ferrets for routine periodic check-ups to the vet to prevent disasters.
