>My real issue for writing today is...I found a flea on one if our >ferrets...which I'm sure means many fleas... > >We have no other pets besides our two ferrets...and mostly wood >floors...I keep reading about vaccuming...bathing etc...and various >arguments for and against different flea >control products...but >the information is very conflicting... At our shelter, we've used Advantage for cats for years with very good results and no bad side-effects. All of the "sizes" of Advantage (kitten, small cat, etc.) have exactly the same ingredients, just different amounts in the package. For ferrets, it takes 2 drops between the shoulder blades. Fleas are dead/gone in an hour or so, and it lasts for a month. While I agree with using natural treatments in general, please don't let the fleas go. We had a ferret come in on death's door, and die in our arms, due to flea-induced anemia. It had lost so much blood to the fleas that it died. Fleas are not harmless. It takes a lot of them, but they can cause serious harm. Kevin Farlee WFRS [Posted in FML 7287]