Some houseplants are highly poisonous for ferrets, dogs, cats, or some
other animals so ALWAYS check houseplants with lists of what is safe
enough and what is not. Losing a ferret to poisoning is one of the
saddest losses because most case of poisoning could have been avoided.
Here is where to look:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/

Here are just a tiny few of the most common plant causes of poisoning
for pets in the U.S. When people say "tree-like" I always wonder if
it may be a sego "palm" which is a highly poisonous plants that also
should not be in home with small children who don't yet have sense as
well as becoming easily deadly for pets:

<http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/17-common-poisonous-plants.aspx>

To learn about other types of poisoning and avoiding that:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html

"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump
off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall)

[Posted in FML 7083]