From:
Ulrike
Date: 2001-10-03 10:08:00 UTC
Subject: Swollen third eyelid and swollen head
Hello
I wrote about my Spike a while ago, about his third eyelid being swollen and
red. It has gradually become worse and his whole head and neck are swollen.
The vets did a blood test but all results were normal. Now my vet suggested
that there may be a mass growing in his head and somehow (I forgot her exact
words) stopping blood or fluid from flowing out of his head, causing a
build-up of fluid in his tissue. Or high blood pressure in his head. All
the tissue in his head/ mouth is soft and swollen, we were hoping for an
infection but that would have shown in his blood results so it's now likely
to be fluid build-up in the tissue. They want to x-ray his head tomorrow
and asked me to bring a healthy ferret along so they can see whether
anything is different in Spike. I just wanted to ask whether anybody has
ever had this problem or what it is likely to be. One of my vets is really
excited, he gets this way when I come with rare and weird problems, he
thinks that there is something in his head that is pushing his eyes
outwards... It does look that way... Spike must have been in a lot of
pain, the vets put him on Rimadyl before the blood test result came back,
just in case it was an infection. It hasn't reduced any swelling but Spike
is a lot happier and plays again, not all that much but at least more than
before and he stays up a lot longer when he's out. So I guess the Rimadyl
is taking the pain away and makes him feel more comfortable...
I'll attach a picture of Spike, I have added 2 more pictures to the folder
"Images- medically oriented photos" so if anybody wants to have a look they
can, I just didn't want to attach 3 big pictures... Sorry to upload 2 pics
but I couldn't decide which one to use, I'll delete them again.
Thanks for any help.
Ulrike
and Jilly, Jack, Bella, Mason, Baby, Dana, Fox, Reno, Rose, Jasmine, Spike,
Hobo, Gremlin and Bobby
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West Wales Ferret Welfare
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