From:
sukieferret
Date: 2002-01-03 22:29:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Lymphosarcoma In Younger Ferrets
That sounds like Juvenile Lymphoma. It has happened to ferrets
from a wide range of sources: MF, PV (in our Helix), private
breeders, etc.
If your ferret was an MF you actually can contact them and pass
along a letter from your vet and your ID things form the papers
the pet store gave you, and they will help you get a new ferret
when you feel that you are ready to do so.
Juvenile Lymphoma is probably the most painful thing for the
humans of the disease that Steve and i have encountered in
ferrets because it usually hits the young and does so very
rapidly. I am sorry that you have gone through this.
If it helps at all, we've had ferrets in the family for 19 and 1/2
years but only one of our's had this, so if our experience is
representative you likely will never encounter it again
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "mustelid90" <mustelid90@y...>
wrote:
> I would like some response to this post if at all possible. I
> recently lost my 11 month old girl "Kele". Four weeks ago my
little
> gal wasn't her bouncy self. The next morning there was no
change. I
> took her that afternoon to my vet. X-rays showed an enlarged
spleen
> and surgery was performed two days later. She was observed
overnight
> at the vet, and I picked her up the following morning.
> Was was slightly active that day and was taking in some
fluids
> and ducksoup. During the following two days, she wasn't
taking in
> enough fluids and eating as much as I thought she should. I
was
> planning on taking her to the vet the next morning as it was late
> Sunday night. She died that evening in her hospital cage much
to our
> heartbreak while blaming ourselves we didn't do enogh for her.
> The histopath report revealved she had lymphosarcoma. In
seven
> days Kele was gone from when her behavior changed. My
question is, is
> lymphosarcoma being seen more in younger ferrets? She was
a Marshall
> Farms ferret. I'm also aware MF ferrets have higher incidences
of
> cancers. This has devastated us......