From:
Vicky
Date: 2001-12-04 22:09:00 UTC
Subject: Peyton's vulva
I have some questins about my jill, Peyton.
She's a Christmas rescue ferret, so her history
is unknown. She's about 1.5 years old and was
spayed when she was about 8 months old.
Back in mid-September, Peyton had a very slightly
swollen vulva with a light-colored discharge. I
took her to the vet, she didn't really know what
was going on, but she put her on amoxicillan,
which cleard it up.
Fast forward to this past Saturday evening. I
was away during the day and when I returned that
evening, part of Peyton's vulva was severely
swollen. There seemed to be swelling all over,
but one part was like a larger bump. It looked
very red and inflamed as well. There is a small
amount of discharge or bleeding of some sort, but
it is very minute. I took a picture with my
digital camera, it's as clear as I could get it.
I haven't taken her back to the vet, since the
vet didn't know what was going on before.
However, Peyton started on amoxi again yesterday
(Monday) and her vulva has already shown
significant improvement. I also washed the area
with peroxide and applyed vasoline to ease any
burning during urination, as it looked very
painful when it was inflamed.
Have any of you seen something like this? It
seems like it's some sort of an infection, but
why has it reoccured 2 months after it cleared
up?
Thanks, Vicky
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