From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-01-21 18:15:54 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] lumpy neck?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <LAW12-F942SiESn9uDC00010bd7@hotmail.com>
If he is obese then they could be fatty deposits around a normal lymph node,
hence the small harder thing in the center. With a smal scab there could
have been an infection and you get enlarged nodes with infection or
lymphoma. Like I said have your vet check him, and don't freak out. Best
to you.
Dr. Sue
>From: filter_girl@lycos.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] lumpy neck?
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:03:18 +0000 (GMT)
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>I was doing my daily rub down on my ferrets to check for weird stuff, and I
>have begun to notice my little boy Cody has a lumpy neck. What I mean is
>that right above his shoulders, on wither side of his neck, there feels
>like there are fatty deposits or something. When you look at him, he seems
>like he has to small bulges on the sides of his neck. When I palpate them,
>they seem squishy, though I can feel a little tiny lump inside, that I feel
>on my other ferrets too. And, on the left side, he has what looks like a
>hard zit or something on the outside of this lump. Has anybody ever had
>this before? I know dogs and cats get lumps like that in their necks with
>lymphoma, so I am kinda freaked out right now. I do not know how old Cody
>is, as I took him in form people who never knew his age (they took him in
>from a homeless person). If I had to estimate, I would say 3 or 4. I am so
>scared. Can anybody help me?
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