Adrenal disease (I'd start with the first one.): http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://home.att.net/~hhoefer/medical_newsletters.htm http://www.lbah.com/Ferrets/ferret_diseases.htm http://www.petcarevabeach.com/ferretservices.html http://www.peteducation.com/index.cfm?cls=11 (though they really should point out that most adrenal growths are benign even though they still need surgery and if not surgery then meds) http://www.westendanimal.com/ http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=43 are all sites by vets with info on adrenal disease. For further special medical adrenal disease info I find these and others useful: http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG7311 http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG6795 http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG6593 http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG6477 http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG6389 http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG5436 You wrote: >Please no flames. I know now I shouldn't be a mother to 8 furkids >because I have a hard time paying for their bills. I hope that others will read your comments before they get too many. This is a topic which comes up often: that the care they require when ill DOES take a lot of time and a lot of money so folks should plan accordingly. In expensive areas like our's (North Central NJ) we find that an average of $5,000 over the lifetime of an individual ferret is pretty typical in our household. I've heard lower (but still high) amounts for some other parts of the nation. It strikes me: have I heard somewhere that there is a charity which helps those who are ill with vet care costs? That rings a bell but it might just have been a charity for one localized area. Anyone know of anything like that? (I know that locally in one practice a number of us used to give to help care for the animals in such situations but we use a different practice now and I know of other hospitals which have done similar things, I but I think that *MAYBE* I read of something larger at some point. [Posted in FML issue 4407]
