Nelson, our most elderly fert, has a cut just beneath his right armpit. He has had this on-and-off for many years. We do not know if it is a scrape from the cage, a scratch from rough-housing with Wellesley (who occasionally challenges for dominance), or just a sore for being alive for so damn long (Nelson is eight, give-or-take a year. Ferrets live fo six to ten years..).
Anyway, apart from the vet's (who have examined this scrape and declared it to be "minor"), does anyone have any any good recommendations for how to care for it? I have just bathed it to remove the scabs, and applied TCP (and then cod liver oil, to cheer up the grumping fert).
