To Laura Mann:
 
I'm not a vet (although I play one on TV.....just kidding), but may I be
so bold as to disagree with yours.  If anything, ketamine puts them "too
under."  Ketamine is an injection - once you give it, you can't take it
back.  Isoflourene is a gas - and a very safe one.  If any animal becomes
"too under", you just take the cone or mask off and they wake up really
fast.  There is really no reason for any vet not to use iso for any type of
surgery that I am currently aware of.  (Please correct me, FML vets, if I'm
wrong!).
 
And while on the subject of these little scabs.....I have several ferrets
that have had mast cell tumors recently.  The teeny tiny ones that come and
go, I haven't removed, because they do just that: come and go!  Any thing
that continues to grow or doesn't go away, should be checked.  Most often
they are benign, but I recently had a 4 yr old silver mitt diagnosed with
some rare skin cancer.  This tumor litterally grew overnight, and then
regrew again even before the sutures were out from the first surgery.  So
don't second-guess those scabs - have them checked out by a professional.
 
Debbie Riccio
President, WNYFLFA
Rochester, NY
[Posted in FML issue 2354]