(Have to type carefully -- working on half a brain here)
 
When they use their hands to rub their scent over their faces -- the yawns
or sneezes (with hands cupped around noses) to help force the scent out,
then licking the palms and putting then back behind the ears, and dragging
them forward...
 
Sleeping with their tongues hanging out
 
One thing I can't help wondering, since folks often speak of natural LIGHT
time, is whether DARK time might also be important for ferret health.
Remember that Melatonin is produced during dark time and some preliminary
research (reported in Science News a few years back -- don't have the actual
thing handy but a person could search in the weekly or look in "Science"
since they tend to reflect each other a resonable amount) indicated that
Melatonin might have important anti-malignancy properties.  Ferrets ARE
descended from animals which had a LOT of non-light time.  How much dark
time is given in shelter situations?  I don't mean semi-lit; I mean DARK.
 
Sukie
[Posted in FML issue 2227]