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  • Category: Ferrets
  • Founded: Mar 29, 2006
  • Language: English
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Welcome to the Ferret Health List

Whether you are a new member or a long-time member following the FHL from SmartGroups, welcome! All of the files, photos, and links from SmartGroups have been migrated here, and our archive contains all our messages from the beginning.

Take a look at the photo of Beasley, to the right. Notice the puffiness around his neck? The immediate concern with this appearance is swollen lymph nodes.

Beasley was fortunate; the large deposits in his neck were only fat. That is something ferrets do at times which surprises some vets who are not used to ferrets. Some other ferrets will have hard ball-like structures --kind of like marbles -- in that same position. That alternative type of swelling happens when the lymph nodes are enlarged. Infection can create swollen lymph nodes, but so can lymphoma.

When that type of swelling happens it pays to either have a node removed for biopsy or to have an aspirate taken from the node. Removal is harder but much more accurate. Either approach can prove very useful.


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independent testing of pet supplements
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_he_me/us_med_unproven_remedies_pets Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links:
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:15 am
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Pandora Update
Hi Guys, Thank you for all of your great suggestions, I just wanted to update everyone in regards to my poor sick Pandora. I took her to the Vet yesterday (I
Posted - Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:16 pm
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affording med care in tight times; endocrinology; more
Affording veterinary care: http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-health/paying-vet-bills-for-ferrets-in-a-tight-economy.aspx and
Posted - Thu Jul 9, 2009 9:49 pm
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An FYI, free vet visit info.
I recently started looking to get check-ups for my ferrets, I found that a check up alone would be about $50 per ferret at various local vets. The last place I
Posted - Thu Jul 9, 2009 2:18 pm
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a reminder, given that it is THAT time of year (distemper)
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/137/8/1916 It's also flea, tick and heartworm time of year for pretty much all of us in the Northern Hemisphere so check
Posted - Wed Jul 8, 2009 6:19 pm
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