RE: Ferret FAQ --- I know, I know.... I've been busy. :( Hopefully I'll have time soon. RE: Fleas - O.K., I'm writing this intending it to be a section of the FAQ, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know. (I admit that fleas aren't one of my areas of expertise - I generally have very little problem with them, so any suggestions are appreciated - also, any suggestions of other brands from other experienced owners, and send a list of their active ingredients as well) Fleas - If your ferret becomes infested with fleas, you have treat both the ferret and the house (especially the ferret's bedding). For the ferret, make sure to only buy products that are marked as safe for *kittens*, not just cats. Ferrets have a lot of body surface for their body mass, so they cannot tolerate very strong flea products. I recommend: Shampoo - Flea Stop Shampoo for dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens. Active ingredient is d-Limonene. Made by Holiday. (from pet stores or wholesale catalogs) Spray - Adams Flea and Tick Mist (make sure it's the one safe for kittens!). Active ingredients are Pyrethrins, Piperonyl butoxide, N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide, and Di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate. (from vets or wholesale catalogs - poss. pet stores) Both d-Limonene and Pyrethrins are very safe to use with ferrets, so other products that have these as the active ingredients should be safe. Stay away from grocery store brands. If you cannot find the above brands, ask your vet what a good brand would be. For their bedding, take all their bedding and launder it when you wash the ferret. Put clean bedding back, and spray it lightly with a ferret safe flea spray. Sometimes for light infestations you can handle it by diligently keeping the ferret and it's bedding flea-free. But for worse infestations you are going to have to treat the whole house. {note - I generally don't have serious flea infestations, I could use some help from experienced ferret owners as to what is safe to treat your house with - I alway just spray the room with the Adam's spray} A non-toxic, but controversial, method of treating the house is to sprinkle 20 mule team Borax into the carpet. I've had success with this but have never attempted it on a serious infestation. It works by dehydrating the fleas. (I sprinkle it lightly over the carpet, work it in and leave it there - others claim that it works if you vacuum it up as well) - Nancy Nancy Hartman Internet - [log in to unmask] GEnie - n.hartman4 President, Delaware Valley Ferret Club | CIS Grad Student, U. of Delaware *** Caregiver to Percy, Bree, & Popcorn, the ferrets *** "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals" - Kant [Posted in FML issue 0500]