Message Number: FHL9975 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Cinnamon Sprite"
Date: 2009-09-27 09:51:40 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Lump found
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "kel3154" <kel3154@...> wrote:
>
> Today I noticed on one of my boys, Malcolm, that there is a lump right beside his rectum on the right side.
>

Ferrets have anal scent glands located on both sides of the rectum. An impacted anal gland or, more rarely, a tumor may be what you are seeing. The sooner you get him in for a vet check the better.

Karen McCabe
http://www.cinnamonsprite.net
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/adrenalferretslist/



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