>I have seen ones that only have the barrel, and a plunger, that is one >piece of molded plastic. These seem to last longer than the rubber >plungers, and are easier to clean. The BEST control (to avoid inhalation pneumonia) is just to use a tiny bottle iwth the tip cut off to be wider. Second best are the clown faced accordian top one made by Apothecary Products in Minneapolis 55337. <[log in to unmask]> is hte addy they have on their advertising we have formn a few years ago (may have changed it since then so you may have the web-search). It is called Item #67032, Dr. Clown 1 tsp. Spoon-dropper . It is approaching April 15th, so just a reminder. Donors can deduct donations to 501(c) -- if I recall the federal designation right charities, but non-profit does not mean the same thing. (Still great to give, just that ones without the federal designation can't be included in dedcutible donations). Yes, "business" is the correct name for a group of ferrets, and its much older spelling of "busyness" is also accepted and gets it across well. We've rehabbed a lot of biters during the 20 years tghat ferrets have ben in our family (We aadopt a number with medical problems, deformities, or abusive pasts) and the first rule we have is to NOT hurt and not scare. The seocnd is to observe closely. There may be things you can alter. If the ferret is hard of hearing or has partial hearing you can go to floor thumps/hand signs, etc. or speaking in a higher or lower tone. Medical problems can cause biting due to pain; the ferret's health and teeth should be checked by vet. One of our's was afraid of oil cloth, males nad shoes, so we worked around that. One who was more afraid of shoes was moved to the HIGH cage (as per earlier success in this by Julia Q.) so that he didn't even have to see shoes. We let the ones who hated shoes rip shoes apart to feel better, and ditto the oil cloth. You just have to do stuff like that when there is a strong need. The hardest one we had to teach was severely intellectually challanged as well as having numerous deformities, some of which were painful adn required special care. She was described in several things writen about her by experts as things equivlaent to "borderline survivable" in health. It took her three years to stop biting. At that time she finally realized (with MUCH repitition of very restricted vocabulary) that words MEAN SOMETHING and she utilized the few she grasped very well. ("Down?" BUmping for "yes" or her pointing down soput down, "chest fix"? Bumping for yes so given her asthma meds, etc.) She even figured out that the times-out were to calm her down when she got overly excited and she began givng herself times out by moving away and trning her face away and then just lying down for a while before she again interacted with us. She lived well beyond anyone's expectations, making it to the age of 6 when she passed away form simultaneously getting about 8 spearate medical conditions, most of which could be terminal: cardiomyopathy, insulinoma, heart tumor, etc., etc, etc. ALexandra: BRAVO! Sukie ( the oxygen deprived...) for FERRET HEALTH info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list/ http://geocities.com/sukieslist [Posted in FML issue 3737]