I have written here several times about problems I am having with things my vet is telling me and I am at the end of the rope here. My vet is recommened on a couple of ferret sites I have read. But, I had called his office yesterday and wanted him to call me because Otis was still staggering around and I thought maybe we should up his pred. In the beginning he had put Otis on pred and the diazozide stuff but I decided on my own terms that I would try the Pred first and then try the other later. Because of all I have read I thought that was the best to do. But, Today I get the call back from the vet who sounds very upset with me and basically told me I either need to trust what he is telling me to do or find another vet. I thought this was a little rude but am I wrong? He says I cant believe what I hear on the internet. But, its not just the internet I have spoken with probably 50 different ferret owners on this list...are all of you wrong? I dont think so. So, he actually made me cry and I am so beat down on all of this and I sometimes wonder if maybe it would just be best to let Otis go but that is so selfish and I know I just need to keep trying but 5 years of watching him die is really taking a toll on my life. What should I do? I really dont know should I listen to my vet who has performed 1 successful adreanl surgery on Otis and 1 not. Who mixed Otis pred with Karo syrup and doesnt want to up it because he says Pred has so many bad side effects and start using this drug which I have read has worse side effects and is so expensive it will leave me scrapping for months to come on top of his Lupron shot coming up? I Just need a little encouragement right now and Otis needs me too and I just cant do this much longer... Lisa [Posted in FML issue 3755]