From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-05-28 02:32:32 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 28 May 2003 02:15:20 -0000 Issue 323
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1ed.9be704e.2c0579c0@aol.com>
In a message dated 05/27/03 10:15:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> . I haven't read anything about ferrets getting abcesses, so I don't know
> what else to do or can't imagine what this can be. I hope my vet can help her
> but if anyone has any advice or has experienced anything like this with their
> ferrets, I would be grateful for some advice.
I have seen one ferret with similar symptoms (young - he was about three
months as well, high fever, sudden onset, lump with bloody fluid on aspiration in
a lymph node area). I treated this ferret aggressively with surgical
drainage/exploration of the site, IV fluids and antibiotics, but sadly he did not make
it. The owner would not allow a culture to be done, and would not allow a
post-mortem exam, so I am not certain of what the actual problem was. The day
before death, the opposite node swelled in a similar manner.
I suspected and still suspect that this was a variant form of juvenile
lymphoma in this ferret. None of the other ferrets housed with this one became ill,
he had no known exposure to any toxin or source of infection, and there was
absolutely no response to treatment. I will unfortunately not ever have proof
of this being the case.
Hopefully, your ferret will not go that route and will begin to respond to
treatment, but my experience with the signs you describe (admittedly only in one
ferret) was not good.
Dr. Ruth
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Find it. Fix it. And fly again.