>From: "David J. Ellis" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: VET QUESTION: Strange redish brown mark
>"It" is a perfectly circular disk marking about 1 centimeter across on the
>belly about 1 inch to the left of center and about half way between the
>hind legs and front legs...
I cannot tell for sure by your description. But I have seen a purple-ish
bruise appear on ferret bellies before. It is about the size of a dime or
smaller and comes and goes. My vet tells me this is a type of hernia. Not
to be alarmed in our case I guess. Your case might be different. Sometimes
it is downright blue looking and sometimes a tinge of green. Mainly it
looks like a small bruise. I have never seen a scab associated with it
though.
[Posted in FML issue 1519]