Well, I hate to come out of lurker mode just to ask for help, but I'm rather confused about my vet's diagnosis of my ferret Bandit. You see, Bandit was diagnosed with an Adrenal tumor a little over a year ago. Shortly after that she developed a Mast cell tumor. We had the mast cell tumor removed (took a while to heal) and then she developed a bladder infection. We finally got that almost all cleared up, and I was ready to set a date for the surgery, but now my vet thinks that it is not the best option. She discussed my little girl's history with another vet, and they think that if she does have the operation, she might have more problems after it. They think that the hormones from the Adrenal tumor are counteracting the cause of the Mast cell tumors and preventing any other tumors, so if we do have the surgery, she might end up with a whole bunch of mast cell tumors. And the vet said that since she's been doing fine thus far (except for the bladder infections), no surgery would be the best thing. Now, I probably messed up/misunderstood some of the above info, but the basic idea was surgery = more tumors. Right now, she is on a new bladder infection antibiotic (just won't go away), and this whole time she has been on medication (Tagamet tablets and for a few months Tribrissen oral) but other than that it is really just watch and see. I'm kinda bewildered, I just want this all to be over for my baby girl. Has anyone else had/heard of a similar case? I don't mean to second guess my vet, I'm just confused and frustrated. From what I've been told, adrenal tumors can cause many problems, (like causing the pancreas to shut down). Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you all in advance. Emily Bandit&Rascal [Posted in FML issue 3279]