To Pheret and Pretzel: >pretzel suffers from an adrenal tumor which is, unfortunately, >on the "bad side." i had exploratory surgery done and elected >not to have the tumor removed as the odds were not high. she >is fine now except for the fact that she has hair only on her >head and feet and tail. she looks like a wereferret. she >follows luke, my 3 1/2 lb. albino male around until he settles >in and she uses him for a blanket. Pheret - if I could convince you to go back in and remove that tumor, I would. REcently, I completed a study of adrenal tumors in ferrets. I studied all types and out of 86 tumors, 39 were malignant. But of all 39 carcinomas, only 2 were malignant. The vast majority, even though they looked bad, were surgically removed and the animal went on to grow all its hair back and live for another several years. I recommend all adrenal tumors be removed, no matter how bad they look. These tumor tend to look a lot worse than they are. Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (202) 782-2600/2602 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 [Posted in FML issue 1021]