Moon's Graden

> Hi Guys,
> I have a sick Approx 2 year old male ferret who has had a growing
> lump towards the top of his tail.

> I have taken to the vet, who gave me some ***. this has helped the
> swelling going down but I have been told they recommend amputating
> the tail. He with with two others.

> im a little worred the others wont take to him without the tail if
> they do this, or even worse he has problems without his tail. Has
> anyone got a ferret who have had their tail amputated.

> he doenst seem to be in pain by the lump, but always looks red, sore
> and grows when he isnt on the medication. The vet has checked and
> seems there is a little *** and puss in there, not like its a hard
> mass.

> Any advice from anyone out there when dealing with these problems?

> Cheers guys

> J

> Hi Guys,
> I have a sick Approx 2 year old male ferret who has had a growing lump
> towards the top of his tail.

> I have taken to the vet, who gave me some ***. this has helped the
> swelling going down but I have been told they recommend amputating the
> tail. He with with two others.

> im a little worred the others wont take to him without the tail if they
> do this, or even worse he has problems without his tail. Has anyone got
> a ferret who have had their tail amputated.

> he doenst seem to be in pain by the lump, but always looks red,
> sore and grows when he isnt on the medication. The vet has checked
> and seems there is a little *** and puss in there,
> not like its a hard mass.

> > Hi Guys,
> > I have a sick Approx 2 year old male ferret who has had a growing lump
> > towards the top of his tail.

> > I have taken to the vet, who gave me some ***. this has helped the
> > swelling going down but I have been told they recommend amputating the
> > tail. He with with two others.

> > im a little worred the others wont take to him without the tail if they
> > do this, or even worse he has problems without his tail. Has anyone got
> > a ferret who have had their tail amputated.

> > he doenst seem to be in pain by the lump, but always looks red,
> > sore and grows when he isnt on the medication. The vet has checked
> > and seems there is a little *** and puss in there,
> > not like its a hard mass.

> I agree with what Steve said....get a 2nd opinion before amputating his
> tail. It sounds like some antibiotic cream might solve the problem.  I had a
> male ferret with an infected cyst once (he scratched it raw).  It got worse
> and worse and NeoSporin finally fixed it.  Took a long time though.

> If the tail has to go (cancer only, imo), he'll do fine without it and the
> other ferrets will still love him.

> G.

> Thanks all for the reply. The cyst has been about for a bit, and
> *** tend to make it look alot better, but that is anti-inflamatory
> and some antibiotics twice a day. It has been going on for about 4
> months now, when the *** wear out, they look again and give me
> more. He doesnt like taking them, often spitting them out. dont think
> they taste very nice so pinnning him down and forcing him to take
> them is a little stressful for both of us.

> Have been advised by the vet that it is healing and swelling going
> down, but very high chance it will come back. There arent that many
> vets that know that much about ferrets in the UK. The one i have seen
> seems to know alot. Recomended to stop any further complications.

> Just dont want him to get to stressed about being forced to take
> medication and defently dont want him to loose his pack

> > > Hi Guys,
> > > I have a sick Approx 2 year old male ferret who has had a growing
> > > lump towards the top of his tail.

> > > I have taken to the vet, who gave me some ***. this has helped
> > > the swelling going down but I have been told they recommend
> > > amputating the tail. He with with two others.

> > > im a little worred the others wont take to him without the tail
> > > if they do this, or even worse he has problems without his tail.
> > > Has anyone got a ferret who have had their tail amputated.

> > > he doenst seem to be in pain by the lump, but always looks red,
> > > sore and grows when he isnt on the medication. The vet has
> > > checked and seems there is a little *** and puss in there,
> > > not like its a hard mass.

> > I agree with what Steve said....get a 2nd opinion before amputating
> > his tail. It sounds like some antibiotic cream might solve the
> > problem.  I had a male ferret with an infected cyst once (he
> > scratched it raw).  It got worse and worse and NeoSporin finally
> > fixed it.  Took a long time though.

> > If the tail has to go (cancer only, imo), he'll do fine without it
> > and the other ferrets will still love him.

> > G.

> Have been advised by the vet that it is healing and swelling going down,
> but very high chance it will come back. There arent that many vets that
> know that much about ferrets in the UK. The one i have seen seems to know
> alot. Recomended to stop any further complications.

> Speak to the vet and see if you ca mix the medication in his water,
> used to do that with one of my other ferrets

> (mainly because he weighed in about 9 pounds and had a bite that went
> through bone if you ticked him off )

> > Speak to the vet and see if you ca mix the medication in his water,
> > used to do that with one of my other ferrets

> Great idea to mix it in with food, not water.
> Do the warm gravy meal that I make for my ferret treats.

> Powder their dry mix and add hot water to make a thick gravy.  You
> can sneak in some of that medication to that and they probably won't
> even notice it's in there.

> > (mainly because he weighed in about 9 pounds and had a bite that
> > went through bone if you ticked him off )

> Wait a minute here, Steve.  A 9 pound ferret?   WTH?   NO WAY!

>    :-o

> Gary

> > > (mainly because he weighed in about 9 pounds and had a bite that
> > > went through bone if you ticked him off )

> > Wait a minute here, Steve.  A 9 pound ferret?   WTH?   NO WAY!

> >    :-o

> > Gary

> Yes he was a monster 3 times the size of his sibblings forunatly he was
> normally really freindly

> > > > (mainly because he weighed in about 9 pounds and had a bite that
> > > > went through bone if you ticked him off )

> > > Wait a minute here, Steve.  A 9 pound ferret?   WTH?   NO WAY!

> > >    :-o

> > > Gary

> > Yes he was a monster 3 times the size of his sibblings forunatly he
> > was normally really freindly

> Do you have any pics of him (and beside some mates for size
> comparison?) A 9 pound ferret sounds like a record one to me.

> Fred was my only male so far (and males are larger) but at his
> biggest and fattest, he was no more than 5 pounds. The females
> usually weigh in at less than 3 pounds.

> Gary