>From: "David J. Ellis" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: VET QUESTION: Strange redish brown mark >"It" is a perfectly circular disk marking about 1 centimeter across on the >belly about 1 inch to the left of center and about half way between the >hind legs and front legs... I cannot tell for sure by your description. But I have seen a purple-ish bruise appear on ferret bellies before. It is about the size of a dime or smaller and comes and goes. My vet tells me this is a type of hernia. Not to be alarmed in our case I guess. Your case might be different. Sometimes it is downright blue looking and sometimes a tinge of green. Mainly it looks like a small bruise. I have never seen a scab associated with it though. [Posted in FML issue 1519]