From:
fhbythesea@aol.com
Date: 2001-10-16 19:52:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: skin tumors - alternative
treatments
In a message dated 10/17/01 7:32:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mjanke@m... writes:
<< When I hear one of these stories I always go back to a small tumor
that looked for all the world to be a mast cell tumor on Max's head.
I had it removed and pathology done on it. It's been a number of
years so I don't recall exactly what it was, but I'll never forget
the way my vet sounded when he told me what type of very nasty
malignancy it was. >>
Mike
Was that a squamous cell tumor? I had a ferret here with a bump on her snout
that was removed and pathology done...We were also lucky that it was caught
in time and never recurred...I agree with Mike on this one - bumps should be
removed - especially around the head....
Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret
The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea"
www.ferrethaven.org