From:
"iaferrets"
Date: 2010-01-01 05:58:29 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Swollen Foot - update
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
We have Moki back on prednisolone and he has not experienced any swelling since. Although we still have not identified the cause.
He had an ultrasound and ekg, and have ruled out a heart condition causing the swelling.
Any concern about the red spot in the photo as far as it being a bug bite or the beginnings of a tumor have been ruled out as the cause of the swelling.
Within a weeks time and before we had him back on the pred after checking his heart my poor boy experienced swelling in all 4 paws. Never more than one at a time, it seemed like every other day it was a different paw.
I really don't know what more to investigate at this point, and my vet isn't all the concerned. Something is causing his feet to swell.
I am leaning more towards an allergy of some type at this point, before the pred it did seem as if his feet were itchy.
[Post below included as a reminder about the case.
--Moderator]
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "iaferrets" <iaferrets@...> wrote:
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> I noticed on Saturday that Moki was favoring one of his back legs. I noticed this as I was tucking the ferrets into the cage for the night. He still got around fine.
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> Sunday morning, there appeared to be a little swelling in the leg. After he had been up for awhile, he stopped favoring it and had a good romp with the other ferrets as if nothing was wrong.
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> His eating, drinking and litter habits remain normal. He is alert and still my happy boy. I made the decision not to see ER vet and wait until Monday.
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> On Monday there was no obvious swelling, still we saw the vet. Nothing broken, it does not appear to be bothering him. He only favors it, if he has been sleeping for awhile as if it stiffens up while he sleeps.
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> We are not aware of an injury that he sustained, although can not rule that out. Vet sent us home, feeling he had a soft tissue injury and said to keep an eye on it.
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> Tuesday morning he was the first ferret to the cage door, I immediately noticed the swelling in his paw and leg. His poor little paw is 2-3 times it normal size. We went back to the vets. His temp is normal, heart sounds fine and no swelling of the lymph nodes. Our vet still feels it is an injury and sent us back home to keep an eye on, advising to call back if things change or the swelling spreads.
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> I called her later after someone on another board mentions sarcoptic mange. Asked her to take a look at info on this and get back with me if she thought this could be what we were seeing.
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> Her response was she did not believe this was the case, because only one paw is affected and there is no crusting just a swollen paw. So again I am waiting and watching. Meanwhile I feel horrible every time I look at his paw.
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> I do have a picture, but no permission to upload it here.
[The picture was soon afterward put up since it obviously was allowed
subject matter. I can't recall what the difficulty was back then, perhaps
trying it as an attachment instead of using a photo album or maybe one
of the Yahoogroups cleanups was being done at the time causing
functions to be down temporarily. What went wrong does not matter;
that the photo can be seen in the albums does. See
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/photos/album/175616835/pic/list
--Moderator]
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> Is there any harm to treating for sarcoptic mange, if that is not what it is. I have had him since he was a kit, he has always been current on vaccination.
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> I am looking for any ideas, input.
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> Thank you,
>
> Stephanie
>
>
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