I have a 2 year old panda bear ferret who has a tumor on the tip of her
tail.  I took her to a vet about 6 months ago for it, and the vet told
me that the tumor's are common in ferrets and that she wouldn't want to
amputate the whole tale because of it.  I just noticed that the tumor has
gotten a bit bigger, but it doesn't seem to bother the ferrret at all.  I
don't want to put her through needless and painful surgery if it really
isn't dangerous.  The vet I took her to though wasn't a vet who
specializes in ferrets though.  I live in the Philadelphia area and
wonder if anyone knows of a good ferret vet in this area or anything
about these tumors that ferrets seem to get on their tales.
 
Thanks
Jen
[Posted in FML issue 3815]