To the human worrying about the ferrets eating chocolate; In the 20+ years that I have been a ferret mom, it has occasionally happened that the ferrets have stolen some chocolate and eaten a great deal of it. I never ever noticed any digestive or other problems. You should most probably not worry at all. I don't offer them chocolate, but you know how clever they are to find what we do not want them to find... they obviously do not get ill from a rare gluttony. And about Sandee's spelling; I too was sure it was a joke or a way to start a discussion. Of all the answers to this unhappy person I liked Rick White's the most.He hit the head on the nail ! Let us all join a prayer for the poor person so in lack of humour (but I still think it was just a way to get us on the FML started !) Ingella Arwidsson in Sweden [Posted in FML issue 3231]