To Anonymous Charlene -
 
    I am familiar with what you are talking about - I often see areas of
subcutaneous hemorrhage in older female ferrets which appear to me almost
like a bite from another ferret which tend to spontaneously resolve.
Currently I have no idea what causes them.  I had always wondered if it
could be self trauma - but Granny's lesion behind her ear would be
difficult at best for her to make.
 
    I have seen this only in older females with questionable adrenal disease.
I would love to get a biopsy - but Colleen isn't about to let me biopsy one
of our own girls for something that seems to resolve so readily....
 
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Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP              Department of Veterinary Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1193]