Our big sweet boy, Benji, has just been diagnosed with insulinoma. When he gets a little more stable, the vet has suggested an exploratory surgery to see if we can remove the tumor (which is in accordance with what I have read so far). My question to you who have dealt with this disease before is, have you had any luck controlling this disease with drugs (like prednisone) instead of the surgery or has the surgery been the best solution to the problem? Benji is at least six years old and has apparently been in very good health before this (we haven't had him long), but I'm still not sure I want to put a ferret through surgery at this age... Any advice on how to deal with this disease would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks all, Christine with Benji, Rikki, Missy, Fiona, Jezebel, and Wuzzitt the Terrible! [Posted in FML issue 2736]