Hi Julie,
Monday, April 09, 2001, 8:38:19 AM, you wrote:
> Last week I was holding Pippin and kept feeling something on his belly
> rubbing against my hand. I lifted up his back end to look, and he
> apparently has a scent gland tumor!
> It looks like it's about 1/4" in diameter. Last night it was bleeding;
> I assume he'd been picking at it, chewing on it.
> How quickly do these things need to be dealt with? My local "gerbil
> vet" doesn't have the gas anesthetic. My former vet might be willing to
> do the surgery, but I don't know if she has the isofluorane gas. . . I
> need to call and check.
We are dealing with this right now, too.
The sooner you can get it done, the better.
The surgery is easier when the tumor is still small, and
there is less chance of it growing inward.
And these things can grow very fast.
We are having one of our males scheduled for this surgery on
Thursday and another the week after. They are brothers and
both have scent gland tumors.
Another of their brothers had this surgery done a few months
ago, and is doing great.
I hope these 2 will turn out fine as well.
Our vet did use the gas anaesthesia.
Best of luck!
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Best regards,
Susanne mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
