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Date: 2007-05-07 14:40:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Ferret licking hot spot
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
"Posted by: "Ann Haager" ann@haager.net ferretmommio
Sat May 5, 2007 2:04 pm (PST)
It's not a raised spot, it's flush with the rest of his skin. It's
just raw. This picture isn't very good, but maybe it will help.
http://www.haager.net/albums/new/IMG_0794.sized.jpg
Ann"
Most of my Daisy's (and in the past, my Marley's) mast cell tumors have not been raised, either-rather, they were flat. The photo you are showing seems a bit large for a mast cell tumor, not that it couldn't be, but the color pattern, though not completely typical for a mast cell tumor, could still be suggestive of mast cell tumor as a possibility. I have seen them where they have that darker ring outside, though usually they are darker inside and the differently-colored ring is outside. They often have that bullseye appearance.
But having dealt with many dog hot spots, it doesn't look like a hot spot to me, either. Have you had it vet-checked? It may not be something that would respond to Neosporin anyway; I'd have it checked out. Your vet may be able to give something that would provide better healing and relief than Neosporin even if it is a hot spot, too.
Incidentally, I've never seen a ferret hot spot in eight years, but I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything, being that I own one ferret (Daisy) who is a walking case study for several things one doesn't normally see in a ferret... ;)
Could he have gotten a burn from anything? Because it looks like that, too...
Good luck!
Best,
April (vet tech and ferreyt owner)
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