Hi all I really hope someone can give me some insight on my ferret Io. Io is a 5 year old spay female that had successful adrenal surgery 3 years ago. At that time, the vet who removed her adrenal gland thought she saw "suspicious" growths on the pancreas but they were too small to be sure and nothing was removed. In the past few months, Io developed a "pot belly" that I thought was a normal aging thing and ignored for a bit. ( when I first adopted her, she had such a belly, so it seemed reasonable) However, I took her to the vet for an x-ray to make sure and it was in fact water/fluid in the abdominal cavity. The xray showed a perfect heart ( as much as an x-ray can) with absolutely no indication of cardiomyopia (sp?), which was what I was worried about. My vet feels that this is a sign of lymphomna and gave her a shot of cortizon. The cortizne has definately decreased the fluid retention in 3 days. However in all the research I have done, the fluid in the abdominal cavity doesn't seem to fit with Lymphomnia. I DESPERATELY need help if there is another possible diagnosis, or f indeed this is a sympton of the disease. If anyone has any ideas at allplease let me know. I recently lost her cage mate and can't go through that again so soon. Please e-mail me directly at io@interlog,com Thank you all so much. Pamela [Posted in FML issue 3335]