>You may be on to something there, Why not - they do it with cows. Maybe >if you baked it in the oven ugh, them packeaged it. It would work. I used to get a product called "zoo doo" -- http://zoo.org/zoo_info/special/zoodoo.htm (My favorite part of the page: "We make bulk amounts of compost available twice a year at our Spring or Fall Fecal Fests. The popularity of the compost is so great that we have a lottery for appointments to purchase WP Zoo Doo during the Fecal Fests. Call the Poop Hotline (206) 625-POOP(7667) for all the lottery information." That's what we need. A Ferret Fecal Fest. Maybe a Fall Ferret Fecal Fest. Zoodoo.com used to sell dung statues -- I got my dad a couple of squirrel-shaped ones. Over the next couple of years they sort of melted away into his garden, releasing nutrients ... quite the "conversation piece". I guess those statues were part of the whole new trend of what is called "coproart"... I have found that scattering ferret dung compost around the perimeter of my garden seems to keep the deer and rabbits away.... but the woodchucks ignore such subtle hints. -Claire [Posted in FML issue 5157]