Picked up two little girls today... both have obvious adrenal symptoms (balding, brittle hair, thin skin...) and one has a "sore" on her side, just behind her right front leg. I'm guessing their ages at somewhere around 4-5 years old. I've put a couple pics of the sore on my website - URL listed below. It doesn't look like a "typical" mast cell tumor... my son thinks it looks possibly like the aftereffect of a brown recluse bite. It's open, "weepy" and has a sweetish-necrotic odor to it. It doesn't seem to be attached to bone or any major muscle mass underneath the skin. According to the folks who rescued these girls from A/C, it started out as a small flat sore (at the time they were rescued), and grew quickly into the lump it is now. I'm not sure of the exact time frame. Any suggestions I can toss at my vet on Monday? This has to be properly treated ASAP. http://www.geocities.com/whynotferrets/sore.html Thanks for any insight! Carla Smith <>< WhyNot? Ferrets http://www.whynotferrets.com ICQ: 29478475 member, Rio Grande Domestic Ferret Club, El Paso, TX "Every pet deserves to be loved, and to have someone cry over them when they're gone." [Posted in FML issue 3262]