From:
Cecilia McNamara
Date: 2002-01-16 20:51:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] scabbed wart, what should I do?
Dear Marie:
It looks for all the world like a KELOID scar. My daughter has many of them from chicken pox and they do just what you describe.
Cecilia
Marie Bartholdsson wrote:
> My hob Mimas got a bite wound over his right eye a few months ago. The wound
> healed nicely leaving a little bald spot. About three weeks later a small
> wart appeared. Like a little hard lump, easy to move around under the skin.
> At first it was covered with normal skin, but after a while it ruptured and
> got a black scab. The scab fell off and the wart started to grow again until
> it ruptured and got scabbed again. This has repeated itself for some time
> now. It doesn't seem to bother Mimas, he doesn't scratch it or anything, but
> the wart is slowly getting bigger and the skin covering it is red and thin.
>
> What is this? Should I do something about it, have it removed surgically?
>
> The pictures enclosed are one with the scab, and one without (I have wet the
> fur with water to expose the growth).
>
> Marie
>
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