Dear Fellow FMLers..,. Howdy from Reno Nevada. First of all my new hob from Ohio, Jovan the musky one. or Dougie Da Moose, both apply, please choose one...LOL Anyhoo he is in Season for the first time I guess and he is a bit wild shall we say? LOL he is not interested in Sophie much but he likes both Leo and Sabata tho..LOL No he isn't "gay" just horny I'd say!!! SLMAO!! Anyhoo he is in a cage for some of the time but he runs the house quite a bit to be sure.. Poppa has top have his "Smelly boy" time ya know!!! I had to go out to pay some bills yesterday so after spending some hob time with Jovan in my shirt, yes I did too...LOL I went to the bank to pay on the mortgage and to my other bank to make a deposit and then to Wally World to get afew items and leaving a bit of hob behind me...LOL. I loved it but not too sure the folks at the bank did but then to heck with them if they can't take a bit of hob odor!!! LOL!!! ok on a bit of a more sober note, Leo has a mass on his upper jaw. He has had two teeth removed and the nasty swelling has not gone down. It has been just over a month now and the swelling has not gone down BUT at present it hasn't gotten a lot worse either. Now it would cost me about 300 bucks to go in and take a bone sample and to send it out to be Identified and such and that is 300 bucks I don't have right now and would be better spent on treatment as needed. So we will assume that it is Osteosacrcoma and go with that assumption as it seems likely that it is. However I cannot see any black discoloration around the gum line or the upper area of the mouth but with the on going treatment with Clindamicyin and torbutol With added doses of steroids I feel that if it hasn't gone down by now it pretty well has to be a cancer. I feel that my vet thinks so too. Anyway what are the options in treatment besides surgery taking half of the face with it and then not being able to be certain that if has all been taken out which is impossible to be sure about...? He is eating well taking soup like he was born to it. he is 3 years and about 9 months old now. He is my cinny boy and is just a love. He is my lets go and play ferret. He loves to go racing down the hallway and into the kitchen and by the time I get there he is thru the dinning room and then the living room and half way up the stairs type of boy. I am glad he still is active and being a ferret. I guess my question is what can I do at this point in time? I do know that there are some types of Chemo Therapy available but not sure if they will work at this point. My vet said it may slow down the progress of the cancer but would not cure it. Hell folks, with the amount of money we have spent on cancer research the last fifty years we should have wiped it out by now and we haven't. Thank You big research companies... Oh well I won't go there right now. Anyway I know alot of you folks do a lot of computer research and know lots about these things while I on the other hand do not know how to do any of that stuff so I have to ask other folks what to do about these things. I am not willing to let Leo go without a fight but I won't let him suffer any either. he was Koda's best buddy and he has become one of my favs too...Ok so yes all of them are my favs but what does that have to do with anything??? Thanking You in advance for any info.... best to all Fred Hurd Reno Nevada After All It is For The Ferrets!!!! [Posted in FML 5785]