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  • Category: Ferrets
  • Founded: Mar 29, 2006
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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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Re: flu and ferrets
More information: http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=14275 http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/more_ferrets_in_oregon_get_swi.html
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Giardia treatments
I'm wondering if there are other treatment plans for Giardia other than Flagyl. One of our boys tested positive for Giardia and Coccidia. All three of our
Posted - Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:48 pm
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Bruce Passed Away
My little boy passed away yesterday. I arrived at [vet hospital name removed per rules] around 8am. They brought Bruce to me, who looked so tired and weak.
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Re: Wullie
Lance, Please tell us more of Wullie: How and what he eats, what he does when he comes out for play. He may be grieving over the loss of his friend, or he may
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Re: Is there such a thing as mechanically induced IBD?
That's been an assumption of mine, too. We've only had two with IBD over the years. One had a genetics stomach malformation, but the other had to fend for
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