I have always discribed ferrets as a cross between a cat, dog and a monkey, A cat as they can climb, a dog as they can work out a problem and a monkey because of their dexterity Tony 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.headway.org.uk/ The brain Injury association [Posted in FML issue 5173]