Debi Christy said >Second, almost every ferret we have over the age of 4 has now had adrenal >surgery. 10 out of 15 over the age of 3 (of our 20 personal ferrets) have >had adrenal surgery... plus 4 others that died last year from adrenal >complicated illnesses. Plus our 18 month old Sniffles had bilateral >adrenal tumors. These are just our personal ferrets... I'd have to drag >out a calculator to add up the shelter ferrets' adrenal surgeries. Gosh, ya gotta wonder, reading this, if adrenal tumors are contagious. I would think some human cancer researcher would like to collect used adrenal glands from ferrets and try to find a viral link. Maybe even get some government research money. cb [Posted in FML issue 3328]