Jan asks
>Anyone out there who has experience or know of a ferret's nose changing
>color or developing a very dark spot on or around the nose?  I am wondering
>if this may be a melanoma of some sort.
 
Our little sable girl Belle, now 5 1/2, had a pink nose until about 1 1/2
yrs old.  Her nose developed brown spots, and she started roaning on her
hindquarters about the same time.  I guess she just wanted to change her
wardrobe.
 
Linda Iroff
North Coast Ferret Shelter
http://www.oberlin.edu/~liroff/ncfs.html
[Posted in FML issue 2223]