In response to Candy's post about poop, I admit it, I check poop, it is roadmap to my fuzzy's well being. And in regard to what appeared balloon like, perhaps it was a balloon. My first ferret, Cinnamon, had a poop one day that appeared to have some type of organism in it as it was dark orangy color and about 1/2" in length. I panicked, called the emergency vet as it was a weekend asking about such things, was told they didn't know what it could be. When I got off the phone I started to poke at this thing with a toothpick and low and behold it was a small piece of balloon, red in color, that was tightly rolled and had turned color because it was in poop. I had recently had helium balloons in my house and Cinnamon had great fun leaping and hopping trying to grab one. Apparently she managed to do this and ingest part of it without my knowledge. It is a miracle this passed thorough her tiny body. I guess the laxatone she got really did it's job. My little girl lived to the ripe old age of 8 1/2 yrs and there were no more balloons allowed in my house. Ann [Posted in FML issue 4927]