From:
sukieferret
Date: 2001-12-05 00:21:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Peyton's vulva
Would it make sense to do a needle aspirate and have the fluid
examined and perhaps analyzed? The photo looks like cyst and
cysts do reoccur, but then again, it might not be a cyst .
Do ferrets get Bartholin (sp?, name?) Gland infections? Aren't
those the perivaginal glands that are located near the opening?
For those who do not know: the Christmas Rescues occurred
when everyone who knew him (I didn't. ) had the surprise after a
man's sudden death of finding that he, a regular show person,
had a backyard breeding operation with no licences beyond a
hobby permit that showed only a few ferrets, no knowledge of
anyone in community that this was going on, females who
showed signs of recently having nursed kits but no kits and no
records, a possible polecat male among the huge number of
ferrets, feces and urine covered animals and cages, likely
inbreeding, many young ferrets with a range of tumor-types and
multiple other untreated medical conditions, etc. It was a horror
scene partly of the sort found with animal collectors.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Vicky <ferretmama226@y...> wrote:
> 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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