So, long story short, my ferret has adrenal disease (i've posted here looking for advice a few times before). 

The deslorin implant isn't in so I got the melatonin for now. 

When physically examining my ferret, my vet went "huh, he has big kidneys" and left it at that. Now that he's experiencing some muscle loss from the adrenal disease, I can clearly feel them too. I have no idea what a "regular" ferret kidney feels like. And my vet didn't seem particularly concerned at all.

Is there anything to be concerned about a ferret with what seems like large kidneys?

Is your little one a male or female?

If it's male, keep eye on him.  Make sure he is peeing.

hmm.  in humans the adrenal glands are attached to the kidneys.  in ferrets they are above and separate from them.  adrenal glands would have to be as big as the kidneys to confuse the vet, I'd guess.  They're pretty small in a fuzz

THE DOOKS OF HAZARD

wenmister


Is your little one a male or female?

If it's male, keep eye on him.  Make sure he is peeing.

Yeah, he is a male. He seems to be peeing fine but it's hard to catch him as he's doing it sometimes. I'll monitor that closer. 

unclejoe


hmm.  in humans the adrenal glands are attached to the kidneys.  in ferrets they are above and separate from them.  adrenal glands would have to be as big as the kidneys to confuse the vet, I'd guess.  They're pretty small in a fuzz

The vet I go to is a fairly expensive, well known exotic animal vet.. He seemed unconcerned which is weird to me.