Hi all :) Thank you Michelle, Zen, Melissa (& Pot Pie:) ), and everyone else who responded to me privately (who I hope I thanked privately!) for your concern and info :) After the many responses that loss on ONLY the tail may be other things besides adrenal, I've decided to take action myself. She and Shnoog did spend the last 3 weeks in my mother's ferret cage (my Mom isn't the cleanest human on the earth, BY FAR), which is a nasty site to behold (I did what I could but it's badly rusted), while we were in limbo moving from one house to the other. I have some Oxy pads for my cat, who has chronic feline acne. I think I'll start Oxy-ing her twice a day for a while, and scrubbing her cage and washing her bedding every few days. Thinking back, perhaps I did over-react a bit :-P It's just that we are out of the Navy for the first time in 5 years (NO STEADY INCOME!), and we fear any small problem that may come along. We've had MANY unexpected costs arise recently, and bad luck with our cars. Our expectations (and hope) have dropped DRASTICALLY due to all of these factors. Now I guess we'll just sit and relax for a few weeks, and see what happens to this little woman's tail :) Thanks again, everyone :) Hollie & Claudia, the Wanna-be Rat [Posted in FML issue 2786]