>From:    "Kris Aaron-Benedum (and S. & S.)" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: why do they do what they do?
 
>Question for ferret psychologists:
>BUT ... cats almost always use the litter box from tiny kittency and both
>dogs and cats can *usually* find their way home should they wander off.
>So, why can't a fert -- who is unquestionably smarter -- do either?
 
Someone mentioned that when ferts have intact scent glands, they do *not*
have such problems with navigating back to a starting point!  Which makes
sense when you consider their ancestors navigated in pitch-black strange
rabbit-tunnels - you couldn't navigate by sight down there, so they used
smell as an alternative?
[Posted in FML issue 1697]