From:
vex@nucleus.com
Date: 2003-02-24 05:45:34 UTC
Subject: Hard Belly
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2111496.1046065534380.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Hello Group!
I have a concern that has been on going for about one month now. My foster ferret is going in for blood tests help determine what seems to be causing his belly to look bloated and hard.
If you hold him up he looks like a bowling pin...I was thinking it was fat although it is firm to touch and seems tender. He is 8 and a half and has had bi-lateral adrenal surgery about one year ago. He has been on lupron for about one year because the right acted up again. He also has a mass cel on his right ear that was trouble about 4 months ago but has not bled since. I am hoping it is nothing although I fear that tumors are growing or the age has hit him. I know that the adrenal maybe getting stronger cause the symptom of trickled pee and frequent pees are becoming more present although again this concerns me to something pushing on his bladder. He walks kinda wobbled because of the large tummy. His eating petterns seem to be the same, play is normal for an elder, sleep seems to be increased some though. I love this lil man and hope that he is not in pain. He should be going in for tests this week.
Sorry for the babble just eager to calm the discompfort and allow him to be at peace one more.
Sincerely Vex