Lisa, One thing that helped Spot regrow a great tail of hair was
moisturizing his tail with petroleum jelly (yep, a fur-ball treatment, too,
for the price of one thing) so that he would feel less itchy and stop
chewing it.  Right now we are hoping it will work for Warp who had horrid
blackheads in the Summer and is steadily improving with treatment.  (Wonder
if we have sisters?) Hope this helps.
 
Tom, Don't forget that cat tracks snap open.  Why, you ask?  Ask Warp how
much she likes (A: greatly) getting inside the things and running in
circles.
 
Folks, DO be careful with toys of rubber or latex like sqeeky toys .  We've
had to cry for the losses of too many FML ferrets over the years because
they ate parts of such things.
 
BIG, This subject is off topic so I'll answer very briefly.  For those who
want the human line tooth evolution short piece I worked up for someone else
(or a re-working if I have lost it) just let me know and then be patient.
Basically, our teeth as designed not for shearing meats, but for a
combination of slicing and scooping, and pulping and grinding: what you'd
expect with omnivores with a bit of meat on the side.  True, we don't
process some of the hardest to digest plant items, but even in ungulata that
ability varies.  The eyes aren't a surprise.  Being able to see depth is
very useful for arboreal living and guess where our ancestors lived for
quite some time.  Tell me, if all of us here lived almost exclusively on
flesh how well do you think most of the cardiovascular systems and kidneys
would hold up?  Not well.  Yep.  Now, though I love primatology and physical
anthropology, they really aren't ferret related so it's best to take this
away before it gets under Bill's skin (Oh, a REALLY bad meat joke!), and I'm
going to excuse myself and go eat some bison jerky.
 
Sorry about posting twice; had to catch up,
Sukie
[Posted in FML issue 1745]