Can NUPRO go bad? I wasn't using it for a couple of months, and I just kept the container in the ferrets' room (not in the fridge or anything). I don't want to use it until I know that it's OK (it still smells the same). I change the ferrets' blankies once a week. No matter how much I wash them, or what I use to wash them with, they still have an odor. Now I don't mind ferret odor (don't let them know I said that they even *have* an odor!), I just want the blankies to smell nice and clean. Is there a certain type of detergent I should try? Has anyone used that new Febreeze laundry additive (it supposedly takes the odors out of clothes)? Is it safe? I have enough bedding for thirty ferrets (and I have four) so the new stuff goes at the bottom of the pile. I mention this because I know that with the Febreeze spray you should let it air out for a bit before putting it back into their cage. The clean stuff sits out for a few weeks before it's even used. Last question. With shedding time coming up, I know that I'll be cleaning their bedding even more due to all of the hair that gets on it. I can *never* get the hair off of the bedding. I beat the heck out of it before it goes in the laundry (to get off excess), and that doesn't do anything. It doesn't matter how much I wash it and how many times I put it in the dryer because I swear those hairs have glue on them. I'm about to take a piece of packing tape to the darn things, but that will be quite tedious. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get that hair off of the blankets? Thanks so much! Jaymi + Leroy, Petra, Heidegger, and Reggie aka Winona http://hometown.aol.com/heavenontv/ferrets.html (Come check us out!) [Posted in FML issue 3184]