>"...jump up like a bomb hit..."
 
Here's why:
Itches are SERIOUS things to ferrets... they MUST be scratched VIGOROUSLY.
 
It's a violation of ferret law to scratch an itch in the place where the
itch occurred.  The reason is that if you're a ferret sleeping in a pile
of other fuzzies, and begin to vigorously scratch... there'd be a passel
of mad ferrets with black eyes and bruised ribs... the itching ferret
could easily get lynched... therefore the "Run first, Scratch second" law.
 
Four or five good itches a day are about average for a healthy fuzzy.
More than that, you might start watching for things like dry skin (curable
with a good ferret diet) or allergies to carpet cleaning products or
laundry detergents.
 
Stitches: I'd have them removed.
 
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Debi Christy
Ferrets First Foster Home
http://www.geocities.com/ferretsfirst/
[Posted in FML issue 3559]