Message Number: SG7490 | New FHL Archives Search
From: williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: 2004-01-18 04:21:43 UTC
Subject: RE: Hemangioma
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6473216.1074399703044.JavaMail.root@indium.smartgroups.com>

Author wrote:
> > 1. How common is this seen in young ferrets? (this is not a pet store ferret)

Dear Wendy - this is not a common skin tumor, but it is not extremely rare, either. Actually, the benign tumors are less common than the malignant ones.
> 2. Is this a genetic disorder?

No
> 3. Can this be pass down from one line to other?

No - these are spontaneous neoplasms - no hereditary predisposition.

With kindest regards,

Bruce Williams,d VM
> Thank you - Wendy