Message Number: SG9032 | New FHL Archives Search
From: neinta@hotmail.com
Date: 2004-06-07 05:29:08 UTC
Subject: RE: Belly Sores
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5832860.1086586148698.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

What does a mast cell tumor look like? Is surgical removal necessary or is it something that could be treated at home? (I think my 4-mo old boy has one).

Author wrote:
> Have any of these sore been removed to see if they might be benign mast cell tumors or someting else? (Mast cell tumors being benign virtually always is another way ferrets differ, and they are quite common in ferrets.)
> How large are they? Other details? Do they seem to itch?