Hello. I have to send condolences to anyone who has lost a fuzzy kid in the last few months, and also to friends and family of Christopher Bennett. I lost about a month's worth of FMLs (I was REALLY behind) when Outlook ate one of my folders... I was responding to April Gallaty's post about scritching ferrets at their necks. Mine don't poof, but they do all stand on the tip-toes of all four feet, arch their backs and sort of "press" against the scritching hand. Sometimes it makes them nutty. I haven't decided if it bothers them or if they like it-if it bugged them so much, wouldn't they move away? Hmmm... -April Armstrong Campbell "There's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman." -Groundskeeper Willy, "The Simpsons" [Posted in FML issue 3924]