Larry did the necropsy Monday morning and found 3 cysts on the prostate and a grossly enlarged right adrenal. One of the prostate cysts was large and laying on top of the bladder. Everything else looked good, the bladder was a little thickened. Fluid could pass into the bladder but not out because of large debri blocking when trying to flow out, though the bladder wasn't overly full. Simba hung on for 2 weeks while we tried to get this figured out and help him. We tried but hindsight and after the necropsy we know that adrenal surgery may have been a saving option. Simba passed on his own at the same time I decided it was time to let him go. If he hadn't and I had our vet help him to leave, I'd blame myself for euthanizing him, either way it is a very sad ending that may not have been had I made other choices in his treatment.... hindsight... There are unanswered questions that will remain... Why did Simba die? Was his body tired of fighting? Did the prostate infection enter his bloodstream? Why didn't the medications work for Simba??? sigh. Simba was a rescue that shared his life with me. I thought I was going to lose him to fibrosarcoma but that was not to be. Even though that tumor had started to regrow it was not doing so at an alarming rate. That surgery was a last ditch effort at the time and it gave him several good weeks before this prostate issue. In his memory, please give your little ones an extra cuddle and if you can, give a little extra to a ferret shelter, maybe spend a few hours as a volunteer, adopt a ferret, donate items or money, something please. Thank you to those that kept Simba in their thoughts, sent healing energies, thoughts and prayers, messages. tle www.ferretfamilyservices.org [Posted in FML 7602]