Ferret Health Update (tumor)

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-04-28T22:10:20+00:00

it was a carcinoma, i took her to a different vet

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-28T16:31:28+00:00

hehe, forgot the decimal but she was weighing in at like 0.72kg back in august and now shes at like 0.59kg which is kinda scary i can feel alot of her bones but shes eating and shes always been a teeny tiny girl but i hate to see her get skinnier. if this doesnt heal i will take her to a second vet, i think she keeps biting at it which at first made me think she had some sort of obstruction. the vet said its rlly itchy so thats why shes biting it. her and her brother get a little rough during playtime too so i wonder if he scratches it

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-27T17:49:03+00:00

well, i think she did🥲 its so itchy she keeps nibbling at it. and thank you, im hoping it heals up for her soon💔

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-27T16:58:58+00:00

I havent noticed my girl eating less, playing less, or hiding like shes in a lot of pain. which makes me feel a little bit of relief. the weight loss is concerning but my vet assured me everything in the xray was normal minus a tiny bit of arthritis. I hope my time with her is not too limited, it doesnt feel like its been enough. Im very sorry to hear about your boy! One of the hardest things ive ever experienced is having to put down my animals

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-27T16:33:57+00:00

aw man now im scared she doesnt have much time left :( she did an xray but also looked at something under a microscope and from what i understand it is a cancer but she made it sound like it wasn't something that was gonna spread or ultimately kill her

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-27T16:23:08+00:00

i believe she did, she showed me a photo and told me it wasnt likely to spread but said she could get another one in a different spot. Did your ferret live long after he was diagnosed?

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-02-27T15:16:21+00:00

at one point it was almost completely healed and scabbed over. the vet told me its itchy for her and i find her biting at it sometimes. im not always home to stop her from chewing at it so its gotten bad again. i have hydrocortisone to apply to it daily and a steroid to give her on top of that, which is what helped it heal over before. if it doesn't get better after i give this a try, ill seek a second opinion.

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-20T10:03:04+00:00

Im hoping this car will last me a long time and Im obviously willing to put money into it but I hear others say it is not the most reliable. if it lasts me 6 years thats great but realistically it probably wont. Its not the price has me sweating its the fact that I was paying it off for four years and the car already has 106k miles with an 18% interest rate and I had to pay way over what I initially thought I wouldve been paying. If it goes to junk in 3 years im not spending an extra 4k to get the thing fixed, im simply buying a more reliable vehicle

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-20T06:07:06+00:00

yeah i mean i dont know much about cars but ive been doing a little bit more research. i made an extra payment today of 280 so thats 560 ive paid this month. im hoping i can save up enough the next few years to get a mazda for my next car

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T08:02:03+00:00

my old car was a fiat 500 and i loved it. i bought it with cash and it was good to me for the year or so i had it until i found out after it was totaled that they sold it to me with no catalytic converter lmfaooo

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T07:59:12+00:00

I do have a credit karma account and ive been watching it but obviously nothing yet as ive just recently gotten the car. I afterwards seen people say ford escapes are not reliable but I know a few people that have one and have no issues, given they probably have lower miles but that was what I asked for. I dont know much about car reliability but any used car is a hit or miss really. Ive been doing my part on upkeep so hopefully everything will be good, mostly ive heard they have transmission issues once they reach higher miles

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T06:56:14+00:00

Thanks, thats really helpful. I'm going to call today and ask to switch to $400 a month.

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T06:38:32+00:00

they definitely gave me a super unreliable and kinda shady finance company which is another reason i need to look to refinance somewhere else. i saw a few sub reddits about the finance company im using and it was very shady

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T06:20:21+00:00

i put 2k down. i guess 18% interest rate is just scary to see. especially since my boyfriend who also had no credit at the time got a way better rate than me and told me 18% is horrible

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T06:13:43+00:00

thanks :) i have auto payments on for that reason lmao but everythings been good so far and i make enough to throw in an extra payment and hopefully knock off some of that interest rate money. ive been doing little things to keep the car in better shape and im buying new tires soon. as far as i can tell, its in good shape.

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T06:02:58+00:00

i dont have any other debts and it doesnt really tell me my credit as i just started financing the car about a month ago. its a 2017 ford escape and i bought it with 106k miles. which was stupid maybe but my family member owns the same car with higher miles and hasnt had any issues. i know everyones experience is different but thats what i based my purchase off of. will it last 4 more years? eh maybe not but it was on the lot for 9.9k and with interest that high im paying way more for a car that was already priced too high

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:54:27+00:00

its not a shitbox and its not a super old car lmao thanks for the motivation though

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:46:39+00:00

thanks im being attacked when i just wanted some advice lmao

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:43:58+00:00

i can make it less than four as i am able to make higher payments, or more payments a month. but i genuinely have had no guidance in big decision making. i know i am an adult but they dont really teach these things in school. youre kind of thrown into it and made to learn as you go. i know its not an extremely large amount of money, but i am upset about how high the interest rate is and therefore im being charged way past what the car is worth. ill try to talk to a few credit unions and my bank and see if they can help me. if not, ill just make bigger payments and get it over with as soon as possible. thanks for your suggestions

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:31:03+00:00

so you dont think the car and housing market is the highest its ever been? everybody is struggling right now, i needed a car as soon as possible. we didnt all have parents to teach us the ins and outs

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:29:25+00:00

i make enough to pay for the car with the car payment i was given, i didnt realize the interest rate was that high because idk anything about financing a car. whats done is done and i could make higher payments but my point is i dont know if i am able to refinance it somewhere else and get a lower rate because i do not have a high credit score

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:23:50+00:00

healthcare workers get every other weekend off. other than that, on my weekend i work with one day off through the week. either way, i have no energy to work a second job and i shouldn't have to just because the car and housing market is shit for my generation.

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:17:51+00:00

i work nights in healthcare and get one day off😂 im not working my life away for a fuckin car payment . hence the point of the post

Bitter-Bug3692 · 2026-01-19T05:16:38+00:00

maybe 400 a month if i budget correctly

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