Condolences to those with lost, sick, or angeled pot scrubbers... (Hey! He left the cooking pot cabinet open! I get to crawl around in them first!) How often do I bathe my ferrets? Just about never. Unless they are laying on their back and suddenly laugh so hard they pee on themselves, I leave the bathing up to them (Bathez? We don't need no Steenking bathez! Oh...our armpits are stinky? OK...[licklicklicklicklick]...better now? :)). I control their odors--such as they are--by feeding them good food (Iams hairball), providing suppliments that have a good smell to them (Ferretone - with Wheatgerm oil!, FerretVite - with 'Ferret' Gluconate-- no, wait, silly me--'Ferrous' Gluconate--as the song "Iron Man!" plays in my head), keep the litter boxes scooped and wash the bedding on a regular basis. When I pick them up and give them a sniff, the smell of warm corn chips is the prevalent odor I get--though sometimes they smell like fresh-baked bread, if I've just given them FerreTone! :) I don't wash my cat, either--though he would probably cooperate (with the attendant screaming, curse meows, etc.) with the idea because he wuvs me SO much. Todd and the (No, we don't use 'Old Spice', either!) Fuzzbutt Rodeo Clowns! --- mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.netconex.com/toddl/page2/ [Posted in FML issue 3877]