Message Number: YG3422 | New FHL Archives Search
From: ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-05-10 17:27:00 UTC
Subject: Re vaginal discharge was Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Digest
Number 174

In a message dated 05/10/01 7:47:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:

<< My auction rescue girl has a dark gooey discharge
from her vagina - I'm concerned as it appears to
be blood. When wiped off with a paper towel it's
reddish. Nothing in any of my books covers
anything like this.
>>

I would be quite concerned about a possible pyometra (uterine infection). I
strongly recommend you get her seen soon.

Dr. Ruth
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