Message Number: SG11099 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2004-10-20 17:43:05 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: problems urinating
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4176A3A9.1A6B085@worldnet.att.net>

mjanke@miamiferret.org wrote:
>
> After you've exhausted all other options, you could talk to your vet about the possibility of doing a perineal urostomy. That's where they reroute the urinary tract of a male ferret out the back. A fair number of male ferrets have had this procedure done, so it is doable.
>
> mike

There is a URL which describes and shows pictures of the procedure Mike
is talking about. It leaves you with a boy ferret who pees like a girl
but that beats heck out of just putting him to sleep.
http://www.petcarevabeach.com/pen1.html