Alot of animals eat their own stool. There are usually two reasons for this. It is a normal and very natural behavior. Yucky to us for sure, but normal for them. It comes from instinct, which even though ferrets are domesticated, they still have ancestors who were not. When an animal lives in the wild, they will "clean up" after themselves and their babies so that larger prey animals do not know they are in the area. Females with litters or babies tend to do this behavior more often then their male counterparts. They are protecting their young. Females also develop a taste for it, because they need to stimulate the babies to release both functions. Babies can not do this on their own until they are older. This is the one reason. So your ferrets are basically keeping their cage clean of any mistakes they have made, my guess because they are so smart, they don't want you to find their mistake! Second reason, it tastes good to them. They like it. Sure it is not our cup of tea, but animals sometimes tend to do this. Hope this helps. Marguerite Life is not how many breaths you take, but how many times it takes your breath away... TinyPrints Ferret Rescue PetFinder Web Page http://www.tinyprintsontheheart.petfinder.org TinyPrints Ferret Rescue Store http://www.tinyprintsontheheart.com/onlinestore.htm Aloha Ferrets Ebay Store http://stores.ebay.com/Aloha-Ferrets-Store [Posted in FML issue 5033]