From:
williamsb@comcast.net
Date: 2002-07-15 01:40:46 UTC
Subject: RE: swollen lump and itching
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7949717.1026697246304.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> my sugar is a 5 1/2 year old sable that has swelling on her right side!
> earlier my husband accidently stepped on her pretty hard! she is scratching
> so bad that she is causing sores!
Dear Vivian:
I am not following this exactly - is she scratching the lump itself?
just to be on the safe side, I'm going to recommend a vet visit. It may be a skin tumor, or it may be what we call a seroma - where you have a lot of blood pour into a area from a trauma, and then it clots and you end up with a pocket of serum.
However, if she is scratching like the devil at it, sometimes it is better to just take it off.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM