MEDICINE REMINDERS: One of the things I forgot to mention when I discussed the hospital cage table was that I hang a small (5x7 in.) dry erase board on the front of the cage. I used a black permanent marker to draw three columns and 5 rows. I then use a blue WET erase marker to list the medications in the middle column. Each time I give a medicine, I write down the (military) time in the right column next to the name of the medicine using a red DRY erase marker. In the left column next to the name of the medicine, I use a green DRY erase marker to write down the NEXT scheduled (military) time the ferret needs to take the medicine. I reserve the top row for feeding times. The rows look something like this: 1200_____Chicken Gravy_____1600 1300_____Eye Ointment______2000 1300_____Flagyl____________1900 1300_____Ferretvite________1300 I can see at a glance that I fed the ferret at noon and the next feeding is at 4 pm, I gave eye ointment at 1pm and the next application is due at 8 pm, I gave Flagyl at 1 pm and the next dose is due at 7 pm, and I gave vitamins at 1 pm and next dose is due tomorrow at the same time. Using this method, I never forget what I have to do and when I have to do it again. While I also write down the times in the ferret's medical record, I can be across the room and see the board and know it is time to feed or give a medication. More importantly, so will anyone else who is caring for the ferret. When I wipe off the times, written in dry erase marker, the medicines and table lines remain on the board. A little bit of window cleaner will take off the medicine names, but leaves the table lines behind. (1 email) Bob C [Posted in FML issue 4416]