From:
Mike Janke
Date: 2001-10-17 05:04:00 UTC
Subject: Re: skin tumors - alternative treatments
I don't believe it was a squamous cell tumor. I'm not positive, but
I'm pretty sure I'd recognize the name if I heard it again. I do
recall my vet telling me to watch him closely because there was a
possibility it could reappear somewhere else, if that means anything.
Max passed away in '97, so I doubt my vet still has his records, but
maybe they're filed away somewhere. I'll have to ask next time I go
because I repeat this story often to stress the importance of not
assuming it's something relatively harmless. It would be helpful to
put a name to what he had. I would say it's probably not common, but
why take that chance.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., fhbythesea@a... wrote:
> 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....