>New face here in the X household.  "Pumpkin" was recently surrendered to
>an area ferret shelter after having been given up by a small breeder.  He
>an intact albino (I think - pink eyes, but very orange coat right now)
>hob, around 5-6 years old, and *really* needs a bath.  His prepuce looks
>odd and caught my eye.  It's kind of blue-ish in a spot or two, and the
>area looks lumpy.
 
X - Surgery is always a good idea with penile lesions, but this one
appears to be a benign cyst - bb-shaped, discrete, dark - I've had people
call them blue dots.  It looks like a cystic gland and I'm banking this
one is benign.
 
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
 
[Sukie note: there are photos in the image files at the Ferret Health List:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list .]
[Posted in FML issue 3565]