I put very very warm (ferrets love almost hot water it seems like) water in the tub about an inche (anything less and the water gets too cold to fast). I have them soak their paws in it ....i get toys, etc and try to make it fun, or bearable. You have to let them soak a long time, and continually make sure the water is warm by adding and taking away water. Then you take a towel and rub their ferret, all dryness, and flakes come right off as soft white stuffs. Just like people feet! And then after it looks like you got it all off (don't hurt them or rub them so they get red....if it looks like you didn't get it all, repeat the process), then get Luberderm......and massaaaaaaaaage it into their paws. All fixed! Now all ya have to do is keep it up... like a maintance thing, and it prevents it from comming back. Some people use stronger cream than the Luberderm that might be more effective, or vasiline (but then they try to lick the vaseline off most of the time cause they like to eat it). Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html [Posted in FML issue 3699]