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According to James McKay in his book “Complete Guide to Ferrets”, actinomycosis in ferrets is a hard swelling of the neck, probably caused by abrasions to its esophagus, usually by feeding the ferret too many day-old chicks in the diet.
However James G Fox, an English vet, has a different opinion. He says in his book that “feeding ferrets on carcasses with bones may increase the likelihood that actinomycosis, if present in oral flora, could infect animals through cuts and abrasions created by the sharp, jagged end of bones.”
I confess to never having come across it here in Australia but then I don’t feed my ferrets day-old chicks!
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Some of the symptoms include:
Listlessness- Anorexia
- Fever
It is usually cured by injections of cephalosporin and the ferret will probably have to be fed a liquid diet until fully recovered.
Extract from the book «Biology and Diseases of the Ferret» edited by James G Fox, Robert P Marini …
(Last updated November 2019)
DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this page is not meant to replace seeing a veterinarian if you think your ferret is ill. It’s only meant to supply general information on a particular illness which was obtained either from personal experience with my sick ferrets, or from books and/or the Internet.
