From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-05-26 15:15:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Spleen question
Ulrike wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> My Jack has a pretty big spleen I think and I'm really worried. It seems
> the spleen is getting bigger and Jack is getting so thin, he's been on the
> thin side with a big tummy for a while but now he seems worse. Before the
> big tummy seemed to be fat that had collected in the abdomen but now it's
> full of spleen. I tried to measure the spleen, when he's asleep and relaxed
> I can feel the spleen okay and it seemed 6in x 3in? Is that big? (He is a
THere is some information on http;//www.afip.org/ferrets that I think
you should read. It concerns splenomegaly and helicobacter. If I
understand it, Dr. Williams suspects that the enlarged spleen that we
sometimes see in ferrets with no obvious cause may be a reaction to
helicobacter infection. Check it out.
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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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