...if it isn't backing up into a litter box, pick it up and PUT it in the litter box, and then, do NOT look directly at it! Ferrets like their privacy! - Sunny Then I'm not nuts. OH thank heavens I"m not imagining that and not nuts!!! My ferrets are all like that, always have been. When litter training a kit, my entire family will quickly turn their heads once the ferret is in the box and one of us inevitably says, "don't look at 'em!" Thank you for sharing this. Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html [Posted in FML issue 3744]