Jim, extant types of wild ferrets adopt burrows of rodents and hares/rabbits
but dislike having a lot of rocks in or near the burrows.  They remove them
with the same backward drag pet ferrets use in play.  Marks from such drags
are one way to spot the presence of BFFs in the wild.  Erika, NEAT about the
eggs!
 
Yes, they scent mark a lot, and sometimes seem to try to really accelerate
their scent production after a bath.  It's all just ferrets being ferrets.
The scent is important to them; they warn off intruders upon their family
(you = family) with their kind stink, as well as using it for other
purposes.  Aren't you flattered?
 
Dick, Lucky's tale gave me happy tears.
 
C-A, what a horrid experience.  If this isn't typical then your vet may be
dealing with something you are not aware of and it's boiling over into the
rest of her life.  A relative could be ill, or she might be.  We had a vet
years ago who became strange for a while till he learned to cope with his
advancing deafness; he was just scared silly.  There is also a certain
individual who heads one organization and left the FML years ago because
folks weren't too happy to find that she used info from here without giving
credit while she blasted the FML in her editorials.  I hope she's
reconsidered her position.  We all have the same goals, and each of us is
sometimes right and sometimes wrong.
 
Obviously, Bruce sees many organs, and obviously he learns a great deal
from them; he also learns from all the kisses and cuddles he gets daily
from the ferrets he loves.
 
Lawrence, thanks for the N.Z. clarification.
 
Rob, a lot of ferrets like to dunk head (Try a glass bowl with a couple
of raisins under the water, too.) On the other hand, just TRY dunking
those little bottoms...
[Posted in FML issue 1191]