Okay all, thanks for all of the tips about how often I should bathe my ferret. I've felt like a heel for days because of some of the email I received telling me that I was "harming" my ferret and that I was being "selfish" because I was putting my ferret's health at risk rather than dealing with her smell. Also, someone told me that "If you don't like the way they smell, why get a ferret???" Well, I don't mind the way they smell ~ seriously. But as a person who has suffered severe allergies and asthma all her life I have yearned to find a pet to which I am not allergic. If I let my ferret go 3 -4 months without a bath I am harming myself also. I have a ferret that runs under dusty furniture, gets into anything she's not supposed to, and will possibly carry dust mites around the house with her. As anyone with allergies will note ~ dust mites can easily cause allergies. Rather that suffer discomfort myself, my ferret can suffer through a bath once a week and be clean ~ or she can be happy and dirty and let me suffer daily. And I thank those people who emailed me to tell me that they do bathe their ferrets every 1 or 2 weeks with no problems. Ya'll made me feel better about my situation and didn't cause me any anguish over whether or not I was harming the poor baby. Thanks for all of the responses ~ Shea & Trixie [Posted in FML issue 3051]