I guess I should consider myself "lucky" that my crew has only pooped out two hairballs over the last month and nothing went flying out of either end. How do I know I found hairballs? When I did my evening poop scooping, I saw something a poop that didn't look normal so I took it out of the ferret room so I could dissect it. Cut it apart with a pair of scissors and sure enough, it was all hair... Checked in the ferret medical reference books and it looked just like the pictures. In layman's terms, according to my sister, it looked like a roach - what's left of a marijuana cigarette --- that's why I stopped carrying it around in a zip lock bag in my purse. Even though I wanted to educate everyone. I think I will bring it with us to ferret shows and education days at PetCo/Petsmart though - so we can really educate new ferret owners on why they need to keep up with the laxatone! -- Kristeen, JT, Katie, Matt & Al [Posted in FML issue 3239]