Hello! Thank you so much to all who emailed me regarding my post about Sasha's odd smelling lavender tail smell. I'm so glad to hear that this appears to be a 'normal' occurrence with many ferrets however I am still perplexed about those who said their fuzzbutts' tails often smell like GRAPE or GRAPE JELLY ???? WAY TOO FUNNY!!! These fuzzies never cease to keep me guessing and laughing till I have to pee or puke! ;-) But for the life of me I just can't imagine what on earth an 'artificial grape smell' would be like to sniff but I'm sure when you love your kiddos like we all do, we'll tolerate virtually anything about them!! LOL I was just amazed at how many people commented on the grape jelly thing... Anyway, thanks so much to everyone who helped put me at ease by reassuring me that my sweetie is actually 'normal!' (But honestly, have you ever really seen a NORMAL ferret?) LOL By the way .... my other fuzzie, Snowball doesn't have any 'odor' (good or bad) whatsoever but I do like his "morning smell" when we're cuddling together first thing after he wakes up - it kinda smells soft if that makes any sense .... Just makes me want to cuddle him all the more! Peace and blessings to everyone - Jen, Sasha & Snowy [Posted in FML issue 4191]