To the person who asked how to tell if a ferret is blind: our blind ferret occasionally runs into things. She also waves her head around in the air like she's sniffing for something. At first I thought she was just losing coordination ... Dr Kawasaki (Woodbridge, Va.) says that blind ferrets sometimes miss being diagnosed because the vet isn't familiar with changes that occur in the rear of the eye. He made a presentation on this last year at the big vet meeting in Florida; perhaps material from that conference appeared in one of the journals. <Chip> PS My wife says to wave things around the ferret's face and see if it follows them. Probably unscented items would be better than food or familiar toys. [Posted in FML issue 0416]