>From:    Heidi Butler <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Tumor...?
>
>I have an urgent question!  I was trimming Chloe's (my new 7 week old kit)
>toenails.  When I trim my ferrets' nails, I flip them over on their back
>and rub some Nutri-Cal on their tummy :-)  So anyway, I was trimming
>Chloe's nails, but since she's a baby, and it's her first nail clipping,
>she naturally squirms.  And then I saw it.  I little bump, on her tummy.
>But then I noticed another thing.  You can only see and feel the bump if
>she squirms.  What could this be?!
>
>Heidi
 
There are a couple of bumps that appear on a ferrets tummy naturally.  One
is dead center, left to right and is about 1/3 of the way up the abdomen.
THis is the prepuce of the penis and if she has one, she is a he.  Check
her potty habits.  If she pees right on top of her poop, she is a female.
If she pees about 2 inches in front of her poop, she is a he.  Another
bump that appears and disappears is the tip of the sternum.  When a ferret
folds in the middle, a bump or lump will form just above the bottom of the
ribs on the center line of the body.  It's normal.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3637]