I am quite sure that there must be some thing totally wrong with ferrets in the USA as none of my ferrets over the past 30 have had any problems with fur ball or the need for the use of ferret laxatives. -- Please contact me I can be of any help, I am not a vet and in the past 30+ years none of my animals have visited my vet for anything other than routine check up. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intact-ferrets/ Come see my ferrets http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Tonys_Pets.html Some of our fund-raising events http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Show.html http://www.webspawner.com/users/ferretwelfair/index.html http://www.headway.org.uk/ The brain Injury association The First Successful Libel Case http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/stor...1737001,00.html See my photos on Ringo: http://www.ringo.com/i.html?i=87784560x614999 Tony [Posted in FML issue 5218]