From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-03-27 22:07:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ferret proctology
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Jen & Andre" <jen.andre@i...> wrote:
> Pesto is having surgery tomorrow to find the remnants of anal gland
tissue. It's frightening, the only exotics vet around here didn't
want to touch it for fear of hitting a nerve while rooting around for
the tissue. I opted for a surgery resident, she seemed like the best
choice, given that no one around here has done this surgery
before. ...I hope this isn't as difficult as the exotics vet led me
to believe.
Jen - I've dug around a lot in that area, and never hit a nerve. You
know, a chronic infection in that area can also do a lot of local
damage, and may damage the nerves there as well. I'd rather take my
chances early on in the process before it becomes an abscessed mess.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Willia,s DVM