ferret tumour?

[higgins 75]

one of my ferrets,a black eyed white hob has a lump on his head,does anyone know what this could be?

Also are B.E.W's prone to these tumours,what is the treatment available and in the long run would it be better to put him to sleep rather than go through a lengthy and costly course of treatment?I'm off to the vets with him in the morning,see what they say,here's some pictures of him.....

[Jayd 0]

If that were a child, I would say it's a tumour, but I don't know much about ferrets. I'd assume it was a tumour though, behind the optic nerve maybe? If it were mine, I'm sorry to say, I would have it put to sleep if it was a tumour, stop it's suffering.

 

All the best.

[Sighthound 49]

Have had this in the past with two ferrets.

In both cases it was an abscess.

One I got lanced by a vet, the other I lanced it myself.

[SwissTony 0]

Definitely something there as the eye is being effected.

If they have to remove something from inside the head, it could be very costly and still might not fix him completely.

As Jayd said, it may be that putting it to sleep would be the least painful option for him.

 

Good luck with him tomorrow.

[higgins 75]

thanks for your replies.i'll see what the vet says,but if they start going on about about a lengthy course of treatment with no guarantees i'll just have him put to sleep.Yes i noticed the eye colour too,i remember on the news someone photograhed a young person and the flash showed up some thing in the eye and it turned out to be cancer,i think i'll take the camera with me and show the vet.Thanks,

Higgins.

[stealthy1 3,964]

See what the vet says in the morning, ferret does'nt seem that bothered or he would be hanging off your fingers.

[higgins 75]

See what the vet says in the morning, ferret does'nt seem that bothered or he would be hanging off your fingers.

i when i took these

he's eating okay and still lively,but he looked a bit tired when i took these pics,just have to hear what the vet says

tomorrow,thanks,

Higgins.

[The one 8,483]

You can see its affected the eye by the picture but the best one to see whats up is your vet and only then can you get a plan of action for your ferret mate

[sue 1]

a friend of mine had a ferret that looked like this ,it turned out to be an abscess from a bone that had got wedged between its teeth and rotted,hope the trip to the vets turns out ok

[Sighthound 49]

What did the vet say?

[Brimmer 220]

Looks bad to me to be honest, if he's an old lad then let him go. Seen it before and the vets cannot do anything to change things. Hope i'm wrong.

[higgins 75]

Thanks for the replies,had him put to sleep on the advice of the vet,she says it's either a large abcess or a tumour,

and it would require surgery from which there would be no gaurantee of successful recovery and wouldn't be fair

to subject it to prolonged treatment,thanks,

Higgins.

[sue 1]

sorry to hear that ,it must have been a hard thing to do but thinking about it was the best thing

[Kay 3,709]

I am sorry to hear that it wasn't good news, have lost 2 ferrets myself in the last few months so i know how you feel

[The one 8,483]

Bad news that but you could see by the picture somthing was really wrong