Georgette- My boyfriend and I were once given a ferret, Ferris, who had broken all of her fangs as a baby. At three months, she had apparantely taken a headder off a loft and come down fangs first. She was fine, her teeth weren't. The owners didn't take her to the vet for dental work so by the time we got her (a few years later) her teeth were all rotten and she couldn't eat well. The story has a happy ending though...we couldn't keep her since she didn't get along with our unneutered male, Grendel, and we gave her to a friend, who's father happened to be a vet that had treated many ferrets, she had all of her dental work done (three fangs pulled, the other one repaired) and now she's very happy and healthy. Also, Grendel has a chipped fang (the end bit is broken right off...looks like it would have been cosmetic, but since the pulp in a ferret's tooth extends so far down, it was actually a problem). We have no idea how he did it (perhaps falling off a counter?). Anyway, he had it repaired right away and so he fine now. But there's another case of a ferret with a broken tooth for you. Angelique [Posted in FML issue 0741]