Hello fellow ferret lovers, I run a ferret-sitting service in Grand Junction, CO. and one of my clients asked me a question I couldn't answer so I told her I would post it on the FML and see if anyone had experience with a similar case... She has had her ferret, Baby, for 3 years. About 6 months ago Baby lost all her hair - totally bald except for her head and legs. She took her to her vet (which is the same vet I use) and he told her Baby probably had an adrenal tumor. Well, six weeks ago Baby started to grow her hair back and now has a full, luxurious coat - however, her vulva is now swollen. The vet says his best guess is she is adrenal, but he has never heard of an adrenal case growing their hair back without surgery to remove the tumor. He thinks if it is a case of her not being spayed she would have come into season before, so he is really puzzled. Through this whole thing Baby has been acting perfectly normal - she eats well and is playful and happy. I find Baby's case interesting because my little female, Crockett, started losing her hair on her belly and down her back last December. The vet advised me to wait on surgery because she was at such an early stage that he said the tumor would probably be too small to see, and she wasn't acting sick. He actually doesn't advocate rushing ferrets into surgery because he has seen them do just as well without it - the only difference being they don't have any hair. Anyway, Crockett has now grown some of her hair back - both on her belly and some on her tail. She is not a bit sick; she is fat and sassy and beats up her two big boy cagemates. Has anyone out there ever had a ferret diagnosed as adrenal that grew their hair back? If so, what was the outcome? Did they turn out to be adrenal cases, or unspayed females or something else? Any advice you could give me will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Serena DeCastro Ferret Territory and The Ferret Bed & Breakfast "the place for ferrets and ferret lovers" & the wrecking crew: Conan, Crockett & Elvis [Posted in FML issue 3083]