I KNEW IT! I knew that the greatest fuzzy minds were here in the FML! I want to thank everyone here who have responded to my call for help. Pepper wants to thank you from the bottom of his little ferret heart. NO MORE GUMMY MATS! I can pet Pepper now and he doesn't flinch. The peanut butter worked! And not only is the gum gone, but while Pepper was being de-gummed he also got himself a great treat. I have to admit though it was hilarious watching Pepper doing flips and summersaults while trying to lick the peanut on his back just before his dunk in the tub. Also, now the rest of the gang are lining up for their peanut butter body scrub and wondering why only the new guy gets such special treatment. Just after Pepper treatment Lokki - Mommy me got mat too. See? Weasel - Lokki you don't have mats. Lokki - Me do! Me do! See? See? Right there! *Lokki's points to tummy* Me want peanut butter spread all over me tummy to take out icky mat! Weasel - Lokki those are not mats. You laid under the water bottle and made the water drop on your fur so it would spike and look like mats. Lokki - Me got mat! Me got mat! *Lokki pouts* That new guy he got peanut butter! Me want peanut butter on my tummy so me can lick it all up! *Lokki glances around at the rest of the gang* Any you got this thing called "gum"? Again, thank all of you who responded so very much. Weasel_Wardancer And the AZ hidey-hole gang Nanners, Lokki, Valhalla, Mickey II, Bandit, the girls, Miranda and Fayette and the two new kids on the block, Pepper and Nana. Dearly Departed, Benny 'Da Weasel' Gambini, Rodney, Bupkes, Skittles, Mickey, Fizzgig, Pywacket and Chaos. [Posted in FML issue 4254]