The following is from a private e-mail >... Could it be that you haven't had any problems with hairballs because >of the diet you feed your ferrets i.e., if you feed a more natural diet, >with the bones, innards, feathers, etc., this would act as a natural way >of pushing through any hair that would be ingested by the ferrets." See even I miss the point some times, the fact that i feed raw chicken on the bone would help any potential blockages pass through, maybe i should sell chicken bones, what do you think? -- Please contact me I can be of any help, I am not a vet and in the past 32 years none of my animals have visited my vet for anything other than routine check up. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intact-ferrets/ Come see my ferrets http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Tonys_Pets.html Some of our fund-raising events http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Show.html http://www.webspawner.com/users/ferretwelfair/index.html http://www.headway.org.uk/ The brain Injury association Successful Internet Libel Case http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/stor...1737001,00.html [Posted in FML issue 5219]