Dear Dawn:
>We are going to ask the vet to do a biopsy, and remove any surrounding
>fatty tissue, in the hopes that the lump will be gone for good after this
>surgery. Baby is a sweet young ferret.
That's good - early intervention is generally the way to go with perianal
problems. Odds are, it is an anal sac problem and benign.
If you like, I'd be happy to read out the slide for you - sounds like an
interesting case.....
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM
[Posted in FML issue 3287]