From:
"Karen McCabe"
Date: 2010-01-23 02:48:56 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Lump on throat
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Joan" <jevanci1@...> wrote:
>
> My Brad- 2 1/2 gib has developed a lump on his throat seemingly overnight;
> It is palpable, and located under the left side of his lower jaw, in
> the area of a lymph gland.
It may be the lymph node. Lymphoma is probably the most common cause of lymph node enlargement in ferrets, and enlargement does often occur seemingly overnight (in my experience), though there are other possibilities (such as infection, etc).
Karen McCabe
http://www.cinnamonsprite.net
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