Hey, hopefully someone will see this and be able to help! This morning Nova had what looked like a little whitehead under her "eyebrow whisker" and I thought maybe it was an ingrown hair or something. I came home a couple hours later and the redness seems to have spread to most of her "eyebrow". Has anyone seen this before? 

She is a Marshall ferret, approximately 2 years old (although we adopted her, and the lady who was "getting rid of her" wasn't her original owner and had never taken her to the vet and didn't seem to care about her health so the age isn't necessarily accurate). She's been acting normal (happy, hyper, getting into trouble) and our other ferret seems to be okay.

I'm really scared, although I tend to overreact/panic over every little ailment my fuzzies get. I've tried googling everything I can think of with no answers. 

Thank you so much in advance for any help/advice you can provide!

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Celene

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Hi.  There is a scent gland there which could be impacted.  For now, try some neosporin triple antibiotic on it, but I advise having a vet check it out.  Any infection that close to the the brain needs to be dealt with pronto.

THE DOOKS OF HAZARD

Yes, she'll definitely be going to the vet tomorrow! (Unless, by chance, it looks much better in the morning in which case I'll wait). I just mostly want to know what it is in case there is anything I can do in the meantime. She had a boo boo (scab) on her back a couple weeks ago which seems like it could've been a mast cell tumor, except I think she's too young to be at risk and she didn't scratch that area any more than the rest of her.

I can't put any ointment on it (neosporin or otherwise) since my ferrets groom each other at least several times a day and I don't want either of them ingesting it. I tried to put a little hydrogen peroxide on it while she was sleeping (so she wouldn't move and get it in her eye) but the smell woke her up.

Thanks for your advice though! I know logically it probably isn't super serious or life threatening, but I can't help being really worried anyway.


Celene

I don't think it would hurt them to ingest it, but I'm glad she's going to the vet.  

THE DOOKS OF HAZARD

Just an update: We took her to the vet and he told us that it was just some mild inflammation, and gave us some cortisol/antibiotic ointment to put on it. It was quite a bit more swollen this morning, but it is already looking better!

Thank you for her help and advice.


Celene