Distemper is spread when infected animals sneeze and cough . It has an incubation period of 6-9 days. Ferrets that catch distemper become depressed. They develop a skin rash, nasal and eye discharges and eventually nerve degeneration. There is no successful treatment.
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It’s a good idea to be ahead of the sicknesses that can occur and take your ferret’s life....