im looking for some advice and hopefully support, see I have had my beautiful albino ferret for 3 years now she was given to us by someone who rescued her from a family memember but couldnt give her the proper care we were toldat the time she was at least 3 years old which makes her at least 6 but we really think that she may be older then that she was brought to us a skinny little thing having live on purina Cat Chow. I had never owned a ferret before and immediatley learned everything I could about them found a vet and has increased the family to 4 ferrets. mid last year she was diagnosed with Insulinoma we changed her diet including a form of duck soup(she has bad teeth so the duck soup has kept her weight stable) and regular doses of pred. this made huge differences she get tired faster then the others but when shes awake she keeps up with them. I noticed today shes losing her hair on her back. My family and I are torn we agreed back when she was diagnosed with insulinoma that we dont want to put her through a surgery she is just so tiny and had rough life our goal is to make her comfortable and make sure that she knows she was loved during her time on earth, but at the same time we dont want to be considered cruel for not taking every measure possible to extend her life further? has any one else made this descison? what would be the best way to go about this? I dont want to rush out and euthnize her, she doesnt seem to be suffering yet. [TC] [Posted in FML issue 5162]