One of our shelter ferrets went under the knife yesterday for a possible adrenal tumor and bad spaying. The vet found nothing, he said he looked every where. Even took great care around the kidneys looking for a possible misplaced adrenal. He took some blood tests while he had her down and know believes it to be cushings. The reason he opperated on her so quickly was he thought if we waited a day or two she may become to weak to survive. We picked her up tuesday night 5/18 under the knife wensday 5/19. I hope she doesn't hold this against us. My big question here is how bad is cushings? I know she'll have to take medicine for the rest of her life and it is not at all cheep according to the vet. What should I expect from this poor little girl. I am thinking of keeping her instead of trying to put her up for adoption. Thanks. Brad, Sebastian, Mako and ?????? P.S. It's nice see FML is alive and well again. [Posted in FML issue 0473]