From:
Marie Schatz
Date: 2001-11-03 14:25:00 UTC
Subject: "Sudden" foot tumor
Saturday night, home from drill and go to do the weekly
toe trim with Ferretone on the belly - Holy Cow - Giesela
has a large really ugly looking tumor on top of her front foot!
Round, sticks up quite far - size of a LARGE pea, maybe dark pink "inside"
- its ummm very rough, some of the edges of the rough skin are darker so
I guess thats why i didn't notice it? It seems very crusty and dry.
I can't possibly have missed this
for long - mo more than a week to a few days if that. I'm looking at my
Hillyer book and there so many things I'm sort of lost.
Giesela is 6, seems otherwise healthy. Had one adrenal removed
last summer and at the same time several mast cell tumors - all tested and
came back benign. She had had one mast cell removed a couple years
before that. This doesn't look anything like those. Touching it doesn't
make
her scream or anything. Obviously I'm calling the vet Monday - but there
aren't any really good ferret vets around here. Clues? Tips? Tests to run?
Mary