Hi Everyone, It has been a while since I posted, and during this time, while my life was a little unstable, I had a "love affair" with fleas. They were everywhere, in the yard, the barn, the house. EVERYWHERE BUT THE FERRETS CAGES. And on the outside of my house, there were none in the chicken coup. I was watching my chickens as they walked along. They would all of a sudden, jump up and grab the air and then walk along smacking their beaks. The big rooster was so good. He walks along, looks up, cock his head, then "streach up and smack". I did not see anything, but he evidently did. Now what??? I was doing something with the ferrets I was NOT doing with the cats, all 15 of them, and the dogs. It was dinner time, and I was fixing the dog and cat dishes while the water heated on the stove for the ferrets shelter soup. Every ferret gets two bowls a day, small one in the morning, regular size in the afternoon. No fleas on any of the ferrets. Wait a minute - must be the soup. The soup has brewers yeast flakes in it and it makes the blood taste bitter so I am told. Something worked because one of the ferrets is white and the fleas would show up right away. So now everyone gets their soup, and the cats and dogs now get some brewers yeast flakes, from the health store, in their meals once a day. So far this year, no fleas. Just thought I'd pass this along, it is not a poison and the gang seems to be doing quite well, but the rooster is getting skinny and the grain bill is going up. Marilyn [Posted in FML 8111]