https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/28570/strange-paretic-ferret-case Hi! Looking for some ferrety advice please. Actually, 2 ferrety cases from same family...but will start with 1 at a time! Thanks in adance, I&#39;ll try to keep a complicated history succinct! So, 6yr old male presented Feb. Obtained as rescue at 12 weeksen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/216145?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:48:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2b47f9ea-cc82-4985-a599-a5f44768d2a8bevs2251<p>Looks to have a hemivertebra causing the scoliosis mid-thoracic region. Seen this before in ferrets, particularly if fed a poor diet as kits (the old bread and milk diet, or meat only). Lytic looking vertebra at T-L junction - neoplasia/spondylitis ? Lumps on the tail are likely chondromas - benign tumours that respond to surgical excision. I suspect he has neuralgia, abnormal nerve firing to cause the chewing off the tail end + atonic bladder. Maybe try similar traetments as for feline orofacial syndrome, although you tried Gabapentin without much change. Worth a try of bethanecol (urecholine) for the bladder at cat dose equivalent. If O has to express the bladder routinely, I&#39;d consider long-term antibiotics for risk of UTI in a stagnant bladder. I have used Convenia a few times in ferrets as I figure it should work in a carnivore (no data on this though). Good luck, especially for persisting with an old, disabled ferret.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>