First I'd like to thank Tom Kawasaki for taking the time to talk with a
local vet here in MA.  Although he decided not to do the exploratory for
adrenal tumors, he did make some recomendations for qualified surgeons
who would.  Also I would like to thank Dr.Williams (hope I got that
correct, as I accidently deleted his reply), for his advice.  I did not
have the exploratory done after all because as I was seeking advice,
events with Ruck's hairloss began to take a turn for the better.  To say
the least, I was somewhat skeptical about the nature of her hairloss,
especially since she showed no other signs of the adrenal disease, and
also her sibling Jumper had some hairloss around the tail.  A couple
weeks ago Ruck's skin started turning gray, very different from her pale
pink that she'd been running around with for weeks.  I got kind of
excited because they were probably new guard hairs.  And I was correct!
        Ruck, Jumper and Darwin are all here with me at work.  They are
sleeping in one of my sweatshirts only a few feet away.  Ruck has thick
new hair over her back, just like newborns get (very short, and no
distinction yet between guard and insulating), and the bald areas on her
neck, belly (where she was shaved for surgery in June) and legs are
turning gray.  She has put some weight on and is the terror of the house
again.
        Ofcourse, I realize that a reoccurring insulinoma or adrenal
lesions are common with ferrets in Ruck's situation, I'm just happy she's
happy, and for the time being, healthy.
        Thanks again for all the advice and attention this group gave
me.  Andy, Ruck, Jumper and Darwin.
 
[Posted in FML issue 1023]