Hi again
 
I took my Jack to the vets today so he could have a scan.  Mr Jones thought
his tummy was full of fluid and did a scan but could not see anything.
Jack was very irritable and did not like his tummy being shaven nor scanned
and he even bit my face when I tried to calm him down.  Now, Jack *never*
bites.  So I asked Mr Jones to take some fluid from his tummy and send it
off to the lab but in the end we both decided to opt for exploratory
surgery.  Because Mr Jones said he looked like his sister Angel did and
having a look inside would at least tell us whether it is the same.  I said
to let him go under the anaesthetic if he is full of cancer.
 
I went and held Jack while Mr Jones put the gas mask on him and then waited
in the waiting room.  Well, Mr Jones came to see me while Jack was open and
said there is *no* fluid.  His tummy (mesentery) was just full of fat!  He
had also felt a lump inside his tummy which turned out to be a lump of fat.
Organs look fine, no sign of cancer, the fat looks like normal fat.  Mr
Jones can't understand this, he said that Jack has no fat anywhere else on
his body and it's all deposited in his tummy.
 
Does anybody have a clue what is wrong with Jack?  I can't help feel there
is something going on.  His coat is not very nice, all the other kids have
lush thick and soft and shiny coats while his is coarse.  His poops also
don't look very normal, sort of grainy like falling apart.  All the other
kids' poops are like solid and all one piece and have a smooth surface.
And why is Jack's tummy hard when it's all fat?  I've got another ferret
with a fat tummy but his is all soft when you press it.  And obviously Jack
doesn't like his tummy examined as he gets very upset and even starts
biting.
 
Please help...
 
All the best from
Ulrike
and Jilly, Jack, Igor, Bella, Tom, Mason, Baby, Dana, Fox, Reno, Rose, Hope
and Jasmine
 
Missing Angel
West Wales Ferret Welfare
HTTP://www.ferretlove.freeserve.co.uk/
[Posted in FML issue 2870]