Sebastian to the Vet

[Queen of Poop]

Is the tee trea oil working for you?

I haven't tried it yet as he has to be on the benadryl for a week and I didn't want to interfere with that. 3 of the mast cell tumors are gone and the last, large one is healing nicely. His ears, eyes and face are no longer as "pink" as they were when we saw the vet. So it appears that the antihistamine is doing what it is supposed to do. Now, do we keep him on this for life or are we done with it? I will talk with the vet later this week to find out.

I do have the tea tree at the ready should they reappear if/when we are done with the benadryl.

His skin is another story. It is so dry and scaly looking. It hurts me to look at it. And to watch him walk away from me is so very painful, seeing his skin thru the little bit of hair left on his back.

I feel like I'm watching him die before my eyes. Wasting away. But he's still a sweetie pie and still gave his momma a good bite on the ankle during his out time this weekend - stinker!! As long as he's still having fun I'll keep trying whatever it takes.

[lv4dogs]

Can you give him any supplements for the dry skin, like ferretone or will it too interfere with your treatment?
hugs to you both! He sure is a trooper!

[Queen of Poop]

Giving him extra ferretone in each of his bowls of "soup" (2 per day). So far haven't noticed any less flaking or scaliness. I've even considered lotioning him up but then figured he'd be cold.

He really can't be bothered with all my fussing over him either. He gets awfully squirmy when I'm checking out his skin, feet, ears, etc. Like - Mom, just let me go run around and chase the dog!!! I'm fine, sheesh.

[lv4dogs]

He gets awfully squirmy when I'm checking out his skin, feet, ears, etc. Like - Mom, just let me go run around and chase the dog!!! I'm fine, sheesh.

Typical ferret behavior, he must be feeling ok. lol

[Queen of Poop]

Just off the phone with Sebastian's vet. Since the benadryl seems to be working for him, we've decided to keep him on it for a while. All his mast cell tumors are GONE from his back and the pinkness is gone from his face/ears. We're going to try just giving it to him just in the morning and see if the tumors/pinkness stays away, if not he'll be back to having it twice a day.'

He was a little stinker this morning. I had him out and he was playing with his new toy. A GAP bag stuffed with a few other plastic bags. I tied the top of the GAP bag with its string so he can't actually get inside it. It confounded him.

[Queen of Poop]

Well, another month has gone by. We're going to the vet tomorrow evening for another lupron shot. Unfortunately there is NO hair growth. So the lupron/melatonin combination is not working for Sebastian. In fact, he's lost so much hair now that he as a "bare bum"!!! If it were possible I'd gather up all of the dog hair from the floor (as we are in serious shed mode) and paste it to Sebastian - No I would never really do that!!! I just feel so badly for my little furless boy. Good news is that the benadryl is working and his mast cell tumors are gone. Not sure where we'll go from here with him. He's a sweet boy and I love him with all my heart. I think he knows this cause he's sure been dolling out the ferret kisses to his mommy lately. Anyways, just wanted to update his condition for those that are interested.

[lv4dogs]

I'm so sorry that it isn't really working for the poor guy. I wish there was something I could do about it. Yous are in my thoughts often.

[Queen of Poop]

Sebastian has gained weight but lost muscle mass. He is still very active and a sweetie pie. The vet had trouble finding a good muscle to inject the lupron into last night. He will be completely bald soon and it may not grow back at all. He's already getting a double dose of lupron, we might triple it. With his bald little butt you can see the bone structure in his back end really well. This is very distressing to me. With the muscle mass loss it looks like my sweet boy is going slowly downhill. He's scared the crap out of me 3 times in the last few weeks. I've gotten up in the night to let Sasha out and I always check on Sebastian. I found him lying in the litter box. Freaky cause my 3 other ferrets that have passed on all chose to die in the litter box. Fortunately he's been ok. So, for now we carry on and hope for the best.