Some houseplants are highly poisonous for ferrets, dogs, cats, or some other animals so ALWAYS check houseplants with lists of what is safe enough and what is not. Losing a ferret to poisoning is one of the saddest losses because most case of poisoning could have been avoided. Here is where to look: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/ Here are just a tiny few of the most common plant causes of poisoning for pets in the U.S. When people say "tree-like" I always wonder if it may be a sego "palm" which is a highly poisonous plants that also should not be in home with small children who don't yet have sense as well as becoming easily deadly for pets: <http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/17-common-poisonous-plants.aspx> To learn about other types of poisoning and avoiding that: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/ 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 "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 7083]