From:
equineamy@aol.com
Date: 2001-10-14 04:20:00 UTC
Subject: Scabbing question
Hi everyone,
I haven't really had much free time lately and I hate to post
somethign that has been covered, but I feel like this might be
something new. My oldest ferret Winnie, who just turned 5, has
insulinomia and an adrenal tumor. She is doing well now (bald, but
happy) and her insulinomia seems to be doing well with just .5cc
pediapred and a jar of baby food 2x day.
Here is her problem though. About a month ago when I was cleaning
the cage i saw a few drops of blood near the food dish. I cleaned
it up not thinking too much of it (it really was just a few tiny
drops), but wanted to know who it came from. Winnie was next to me
so I looked at her first....and found the culprit. It seems as if
she got just one toe caught in something - she had a HUGE blod clott
on one toe, but cause the neighhbor toe to stick to it. IT did not
bother her at all. I called my two college roomates who are both
vet techs for advice (I tend to panic - they tend not too!) Anyway,
one of them lives really close so she from what I told her decided
winnie was fine till the morning anyway and I did not need to rush
to an emergency vet. She came over the next day and was sort of
shocked - she assumed I was overreacting to the size - but I wasn't.
Anyway, we cleaned it with poroxide really well - her pad on that
toe is a little black and blue and swollen - but not that bad. I
clean it everyday and put some baccatracin on as well as a
precaution. IT is much smaller - but there is still a clot about
the size of the a little toe pad. There is still some swelling -
not as much - and some black and blue - the rest of that pad is
pink. It doesn't bother her - just me. I clean it often and it is
not infected - it honestly looks like it was a blood blister from
maybe her getting her toe caught and then it broke and bled, formed
a big clott adn stopped.
How long should I put up with this clot? Like I said - she doesn't
not know it is there - I keep it really clean. Shoul I be taking
her to a vet to maybe cut it off or something - as gross as that
sounds - or do I just give it more time to fall off on its own.
Thanks for reading and for any help you may have.
-Amy
PS - I took all the litter out of the boxes so there is nothing
getting stuck in it - I just use paper towels now which are changed
a few times a day,