Proglycem - I've been very pleased with the results of Proglycem.  It
takes awhile to stabilize the ferret but it really made a big improvement
in Whitneys case.  No seizures when used along with Prelone.  It is
expensive, but in my view, worth every penny.
 
Ferrets Unmasked - You can order FU (tee hee) from FFS for 24.95. E-mail
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Litter Training (by Gizzie) - TLE asked me to explain this concept to all
you humans on the FML.  Humans don't train ferrets to use the litter box,
we train them to clean up after us.  I don't like using the litter box
and I get away with it because when I was 9 months old I was very sick
and almost died so tle babies me wonderfully.  I will go right in front
of the litter box just to prove who's boss.  Some ferrets don't like the
feel or smell of different litters and some are like me, stubborn.  In our
new home we trained tle to use newspaper in the boxes but once they get
dirty we don't like using them so she lays newspapers down around the
boxes and vinyl carpet runners.  Capri is worse than me - she will look
right at the humans and then poop in the middle of the room.  When she
does this, tle yells real loud and stamps her feet which causes Capri to
run and hide under the tv stand then peek out but when she peeks out, tle
grabs her and sticks her in the litter box.  Doesn't work though cause she
keeps doing it.  There are many in our group that use the litter boxes and
a few that don't.  The ones that aren't trained well are other peoples
ferrets (except for me) and their litter boxes weren't cleaned properly
so they wouldn't use them.  The humans taught them that.  And we need
lots of litter boxes!  When the urge strikes....  Some of us go in the
human bathroom too.  If you ever come visit us and see newspapers on the
floor, they're there for a good reason, cause that's how we trained tle.
[Posted in FML issue 1265]