Unfortunately this must have been a post I missed. Can someone please forward it to me! I took a little rescue girl to the vet today because of "mushy" poop with a strong order, altho not the odor of ECE. I've had Kewpie approximately 2 years, as she is now a well loved member of my family. Kewpie gets a "rat tail" during the shed, regrows her fur, and gets it again during the next shedding period. This vet said he could "feel" a right adrenal tumor and wants to do surgery as soon as her diahrrea is cleared up. He also said "rat tail" is an early indication of adrenal disease. If this is the case, it appears four of my babies are adrenal. He also stated he wanted to do surgery before she became "anemic". Kewpie was put on Albon with Flagyl for the infection and Liquapect to "firm" up the diahrrea. Kewpie is an MF, so she's been spayed. He also said he'd actually done more right adrenal surgeries than left, and she'd be under between 45 mins. to 2 hrs. Needless to say I was in shock at some of the statements he made. Is "rat tail" an early indication of adrenal, and why would she become anemic since she's spayed? He stated her hormone levels would start rising if her right adrenal wasn't removed. And being under for possibly 2 hrs. seems way, way to long for a surgery and complete recovery. I live in TX where there are very few ferrets and even less ferret knowledgeable vets in the town I live in, but what he was saying just does NOT seem right at all. Dr. Williams, can you offer any input on this, or anyone else? Thanks in advance. Sandi [Posted in FML issue 3207]