BIG - pumpkin can be used to help with diarrhea as it firm up the stool - at least that is how I have used it with kittens - never tried it with ferrets!! TJ Trudy Jo Wallach Senior Human Resource Consultant New England Ropes, Inc. 508-730-4574 [Moderator's note: Thanks. Yes, I understand that (though may hesitate to use the method with ferrets), but I still don't recall which post elicited that pumpkin reply. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 5378]