Here are just a few things that ferrets have stashed and then later accidently killed themselves with: raisins (too many for kidneys) plastic gloves, erasers, potatoes, dried bananas, carrots, anything rubber or latex, synthetic cloth, plastic food wrappers, pencil erasers, and more (fatal intestinal blockages) old bones, wood, pieces of baskets, some types of plastic including some plastic gloves (fatal perforations from sharp things or ones which become sharp or brittle with age or when exposed to digestive products -- yes, someone I know had one eat part of a glove used fo some hairdressing procedures and the pieces turned into sharp little spirals) gum or other products with xylitol (including some lip cosmetic products), nail cosmetics, medications, pieces of some plants and at this time of year several seasonal flowering plants people often get, cleaning products, cocoa or other dark chocolate, cigarette stubs (poisoning -- see resources like http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/ ) Stashes are humorous until the ferrets get the wrong things and then they can be deadly. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6294]