hello, good ferret people. I'm looking for any info. regarding MukMuk. He's almost seven and was diagnosed with an insulinoma last July. Cancerous lesions were removed from his pancreas and he's doing great. He's on 1/5 to 1/4 of a 5 mg. tablet of prednisolone twice daily. Recently, he's been urinating frequently, but with reduced output. His blood and urine's been tested all with negative results. I've put him on antibiotics just in case. Unfortunately, I've noticed his hair is thinning. Quite possibly an adrenal gland tumor, hopefully if it is, it's the left one. I will probably have the surgery and hope at the same time that any further lesions could be removed as well. We can't explain the reduced urine output. Too much pred, he gets no sugar, treats or otherwise. Any tips or guesses would be appreciated regarding urine output, yes/no surgery... anything. Now, painfully, I have to say I lost my Shelby last Friday. She had her left adrenal removed a year ago, but unexplicably overnight she developed severe insulinoma. I had no warnings like with MukMuk. She seizured once, she was in the vet's five days hooked up to an IV to regulate her glucose and stabilize her enough to have surgery on Tuesday. Complete bloodwork and major organ analyses were performed and nothing glaring or operable. I had her home 24 hours without an IV and gave her repeated timed doses of glucose. She had a second seizure and could not bounce back. She got to rest with her buddies one last time. I had to let her go Friday. She was born on April Fool's Day 1993 and she left me on Friday the 13th. That would almost be prophetic if I could feel something. Please, people... "Don't trouble your ferrets with kindness." I know that's not how the saying goes, but I can't say the other. They don't need extra sugar, limit those treats, play with them instead. Hold them, I wish I could once more. peggy [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2221]