From:
Bruce Williams, DVM
Date: 2001-11-05 22:54:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Foot tumor
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Marie Schatz" <marys1000@h...> wrote:
I have 2 related questions -
> are pictures to the list allowed?
Not only allowed - but encouraged!
> Since the tumor is on the top of the foot how on earth do they
remove it and not damage the muscle and tendons? They are such small
skinny feet! And she's pretty thin skinned for a ferret.
Sebaceous epitheliomas are restricted to the skin. In this case,
tendons and muscles will not be affected - the biggest problem is
that if allowed to grow, you may not have enough skin to close, and
it will have to scab over and heal as an open wound.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM