I can not help you with the snorting. Most of my ferrets and dogs turn round and smell their own poo, they do it to make sure that their scent has masked that of the last user, dog or ferret. [log in to unmask] http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/houseferrets/ http://uk.profiles.yahoo.com/houseferrets13uk http://mysite.freeserve.com/House_Ferrets_UK/ http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/house-ferrets http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/index.html http://communities.msn.co.uk/UKHouseFerretsSmallPetsAssociation Founder of an independent pet group. Articles written about ferrets and other pets for locale, national, international and internet magazine. [Posted in FML issue 3917]