From:
Uli
Date: 2005-12-27 09:51:09 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Big Belly
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
It looks like ascites to me. Unlike others, I have never had ferrets
that had abdominal ascites with cardiomyopathy. But I had 2 ferrets
with cancer of the pancreas (not insulinoma) that developed sudden ascites.
Ulrike
Jen Phillips wrote:
> I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.
>
> I'm writing in hopes of getting some help from you all once again. I
> have a sweet 6 year old spayed girl named Fria who, over the past 2
> months or so, has gotten enormous in size, which is very unusual for
> her. I'd give you a comparison weight from a few months back, but my
> previous vets scale was very inaccurate, but current weight is 1,250g.
> This really doesn't seem to match her size anyhow, as she seems much
> larger than her weight reflects. She is much bigger than I've ever seen
> ANY of my gang get in the winter, and it happened very quickly. Her
> abdomen feels different to me than the others too. It's pretty firm,
> almost like she's full of air. I put a photo of her belly in the
> Pictures section. My album is called Jen's Ferrets and it's the only
> picture in there right now.
>
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