Ferrets like to put their entire body in the litter box and the corner boxes aren't large enough. I've used the small or medium cat litter boxes from Walmart or Kmart and they work well. I cut the front side down so it makes easy access. If using a type of litter box the ferret doesn't like or not keeping the box clean enough that means you may be teaching your ferret NOT to use the litter box so don't be suprised if they start going elsewhere. Tubing Milo thinks all clear tubing belongs in the basement. The ferret's area is only 5ftx8ft and in that area is their quilt, litter box and potty papers, a sweater box with bedding, and their food and water area. Oh, and about 3 clear tubes. This morning Milo found the 20ft tube in the living room and decided it too needed to be in the basement. He grabbed one end, ran down the hallway, through the kitchen, down the steps to the landing, rounded the bend and started down the steps to the basement - he made it all but the last two steps when the tubing got stuck and he went head over heals down the last step.... but he never lost hold of the tube! I keep a curved length of black corrugated black tubing from the basement to the landing and the clear tube got stuck when Milo went over the tubing and the other end of the clear tube went under. When I left he was still trying to figure out how to get the clear tube unstuck. :-) Adrenals The post yesterday about waiting brings up some concerns. If the adrenal is left unchecked it can attach or invade other organs and then it becomes more than just adrenal surgery and can be life-threatening. The other side of the coin is if the vet goes in too early, he/she may not be able to see which adrenal is diseased. Our vet found out early that when you check the adrenals, you must check top, bottom, sides which includes digging into the fatty tissue surrounding the adrenals. Still today when we have adrenal surgeries (which is quite often - 2 last month and 3 more to go) I ask if he checked in the fatty tissue and he reminds me that he learned that lesson early on. Those taking their ferrets for adrenal surgery may want to talk to their vet first and ask them if they do the same - it is very important. With 3 more surgeries coming up, please don't forget to surf iGive, send our SayIt cards and read our articles on Themestream. The income from these sites isn't a lot but it does help with the medical expenses. Thank you to all that help the fuzzies and their caretakers. Hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 3118]