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I've got a question about symptoms I've never seen before in a ferret.
Monday I'll call and make an appointment. Any ideas of questions I can
ask the vet? My ferret books and printouts are all packed away due to
remodeling.
My 4 yr old ferret Grany had a large lump under her jaw bone bone.
We're thinking inflamed lymph nodes or some kind of cancer of the
lympatic systme. We had her out on a ferret awareness day and she was
in good spirits and didn't seem to be in any kind of pain.
She comes from a bloodlide with a great deal of juvenile limphoma,
early deaths due to various cancers. Both of Grany's parents are
already dead.
KG
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| gator524@gmail.com |
Maybe an osteoma? Or an osteosarcoma?
Is it attached to the bone?
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| swamp |
On 10 Jul 2005 14:26:38 -0700, "Celtic Ferret" <katgall@voyager.net>
wrote:
>I've got a question about symptoms I've never seen before in a ferret.
>Monday I'll call and make an appointment. Any ideas of questions I can
>ask the vet? My ferret books and printouts are all packed away due to
>remodeling.
I'd ask for a CBC.
>My 4 yr old ferret Grany had a large lump under her jaw bone bone.
>We're thinking inflamed lymph nodes or some kind of cancer of the
>lympatic systme. We had her out on a ferret awareness day and she was
>in good spirits and didn't seem to be in any kind of pain.
*One* large lump? On *one* side or the other? It *could* be lympho but
that should be pretty far down on the differential. More likely she
caught a bug on FA day and her endocrine system is just doing its job.
>She comes from a bloodlide with a great deal of juvenile limphoma,
>early deaths due to various cancers. Both of Grany's parents are
>already dead.
As gator asked, is the lump on the mandible itself or in the soft
tissue between it and the trachea? The lymph nodes in the neck will
swell from any head infection from the scalp down. Could be an eye,
nose, tooth, etc. Even w/ her family history I wouldn't leap to a JL
diagnosis.
Let us know what the vet says,
>KG
swamp
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"Who me officer? What's a ferut. These guys?? No, they're Polish cats."
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| swamp |
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:41:39 -0700, swamp <swamp92@> wrote:
I brain-deaded:
> More likely she
>caught a bug on FA day and her endocrine system is just doing its job.
Should have been "her *lymphatic* system is just doing its job."
Sorry.
Still want to know how it turns out,
swamp
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"Who me officer? What's a ferut. These guys?? No, they're Polish cats."
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