Good Morning..... First let me thank Bill for being a wonderful moderator. Your note was so true and touched my heart. Not being new to animals even the life of a cat or dog can be too short but they do touch our hearts. Now being new to fuzzy fuzz ball ferrets is new to me by less than a year and they not only have touched our family and friends hearts but have stole them as well. Their lives are way too short for all they need to pack in to them. I cherish each and every moment of the love and chaos they bring into our lives. Thank you for what you said. Next to Julie...man could I agree with all you were saying. I was like oh man Maggie did that or Michael did that or...you know and so on....hee hee...so cool thank you for sharing that bit of fun in the day of a babysitter of ferrets. I will share that with mom because she babysits her fur grandkids. Lisaa....I don't know alot about insulmolina as I am new to ferrets but our cat Cinnamon had thyroid problems and her breathing became heavy when it started to affect her heart. As an "energy worker" I can suggest this to help. Connect with your "higher power" in a way that is perfect and right for you and ask that you help Otis...then lay your hands on your baby or hold him close to your heart to comfort him. He will feel your love. (please no flames on me saying this..it does work) Leslie...have you tried mixing the nutrical with ferratone and the crushed up powder of the medicine? Can you get it in liquid? Sharon & Lizzy...scruffing.....I can tell you that scruffing only worked for 2 of our 10. The others have been like yeah right I am going to show you as their mouths go right back to you. I just hold them close, tell them I love them and say I understand. It didn't take long for them to stop biting. Now if only they would let my feet alone :-). Krystal...I don't believe in flicking. I know some people swear by it buy hey look at it this way would you flick a kid if they did something wrong? Try holding them close looking them right in their little fuzzy face, say no and then hold, hug and kiss them. I give ours lots of kisses and with persistance it works well. Sorry I must jet so unable to chime in anywhere else here. Have a great day Love & angel hugs Debbie [Posted in FML issue 3827]