Hi everyone, First I want to give tremendous thank-yous to everyone who wrote to help me with my insurance problem. We're still waiting to hear the final word from that company, but I think we'll just try somewhere else. On to the main subject of the post: Sebastian is fat. This is not news, he has always been a big boy, but I'm afraid he is out of shape for a ferret his age. He's around 5 or 6 (I think-- not sure exactly) and is quite tubby and squishy. He LOVES his food and doesn't like to exercise much-- will only get really riled up if his cagemate Pukka bothers him persistently. Besides being adrenal and on Lupron there's nothing wrong with him healthwise, at least not since his last vet visit. Sebby has always been a food fanatic-- he'll go after ferret food, dog food, cat food, and any people food that hits the floor (no, I don't feed him people food and try my best to prevent him eating it!) I guess my question is how do you encourage a couch-potato ferret to exercise? I've never really heard of overweight being problematic in ferrets, it's usually underweight that's a problem. I don't think I overfeed him, and since he shares a cage cutting back on his food would be cutting back on Pukka's too. Could his having adrenal disease have anything to do with it? Any feedback would be great. Thanks a lot, Rachel, Pukka, Lola, and Sebastian the chubmonster [Posted in FML issue 4916]