Anyone out there has any experience with the brushing of teeth? Does it do any good, and how should you do it? Day before yesterday I we went to the meeting our local organization has once every fortnight in the south of Stockholm. A short lecture on shows, rules and by what criteria the ferrets are judged. I learnt that I cut the claws incorrectly. The cut should be paralell to the ground when the ferret is standing up. I've always angled my cuts slightly. Good news: The State Veterenary Authority will soon for the first time import a distemper vaccine specially made for ferrets. Hopefully it will arrive before the 25:th, when they visit us to collect blood samples connected with Aleutian Disease research (they'll cut a claw so it bleeds and collect three drops of blood), so we can get them vaccinated at the same time. If there are any more Swedish readers of this list: Ask for Fervac next time you have your ferrets vaccinated. There is no Aleutian Disease nor Rabies in Sweden, so it is not permitted to give animals shots against that until/if the diseases arrive in Sweden. So far I've had no troubles whatsoever with bringing Alison & Natasha with me when I go different places. Last week I took them to the office with no problems for example, and it seems they like going away, but I can tell you Natasha sure didn't like to be put down on the middle of the floor in one of the largest malls in Stockholm. No panic reaction or anything, it's not like that -- and I can see a marked improvement in them both. They're calmer when meeting lots of people and dogs than before. Alison surprised me last week by going to greet a large dog we met, and standing on her hind legs to get up to his head to sniff on the curls hanging down in front of his face. What can I tell you more, well, they've started to obey me. This week when I took them down in the cellar to do the laundry, I didn't bother with leads, and when I told them to not go under the washing machine, they didn't! This is a good sign, especially since it is hard to reach behind it where the opening is. A few weeks ago, I made a mistake in connection with that; When Alison was starting to crawl under it when it was working, I made quick decision to go after her instead of the emergency shutoff. Luckily I got her in time. -- Urban Fredriksson [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 0418]