Also, with allergies it is always, always, always essential to NOT just look at things which are new. I know that is a natural inclination but allergies often take repeated exposures. That is why rice allergies more often happen in people from southern Asia but wheat allergies more often happen in northern Asia where wheat is eaten a lot more often than rice. I can't tell you how many cleansers and perfumed things Steve or I will have tolerated for a while and then been nailed by one day. So, maybe having a whole hob is setting things off, or maybe something else is, and you should never, never, never look at just what is new. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html [Posted in FML 6376]