My late neuter male, Stanley, is also dragging his middle. The vet suggested a diet - Put his food all around the room and make him run for it. Its just tough to do when you have 4 ferrets that always have food available. The funniest part was when the vet renamed Stanley - Norm, from Cheers. You know, the big guy at the end of the bar. He was teasing that my little energetic DEW, Al, has been fetching Stanley all his food! I can laugh about it because he is healthy as far as we can tell - he's just put on a lot of extra winder weight! ______________________________________________________________ Kristeen, Katie, Matt, Al, Stanley & Baron ([log in to unmask]) [Posted in FML issue 3596]