Greetings all from CA! Need some of everyone's expert medical advice. My oldest (Winnie) has previously had Insulinoma surgery and did fine for about two years after that.She is now about 6 years old and for the last couple of months, she has been showing obvious signs and symptoms of not only a re-occurence of Insulinoma but also hair loss on her tail, which is probably Adrenal Cancer. My question is this...... I had previously had Winnie on Pedia-Pred (cherry flavored) because she would not tolerate the straight prednisone liquid, even if I mixed it with ferretone. I have called several Pharmacies out here and they all tell me that there is no such thing and that I need to call a "compounding pharmacy" so they can flavor the prednisone. This seems rediculous and I would like to possibly add the additive myself but after speaking with my Vet out here, we are not sure that is such a good idea; as it may change the effectiveness of the Prednisone as well as if the additive has any kind of sugar in it, it will defeat the purpose of the Prednisone. I'm not totally conviced about putting her through another surgery and my Vet wants to do a $300.00 ultrasound on her little belly and surgery will be about another $800.00 bucks! I could fly back to KC, have the surgery done and play for a RT plane ticket, if only I could fly with Winnie out of CA and back. SO! Any ideas, thoughts, CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions? Also, what is an easy weight-gaining suppliment for Winnie? I have tried the Ferret glop that is the same as hairball remedy and it's not really doing anything, except make Winnie poop alot more than normal. I previously tried feeding her Whipping Cream at the direction of my old Vet with some success, except Winnie demands that it be room temperature! Not cold, not hot....room temperature! She is getting finicky in her golden years. I know about home concocted duck soup, chicken gravey stuff but being the lazy bachelor that I am, I would much prefer something ready-made or at least not quite so involved. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Good health to you and yours! [PA] [Posted in FML issue 3187]