Rafael Garcia <[log in to unmask]> asked: > I was wondering about what to give a ferret for treats. Every ferret's different. Pixxel won't touch anything but raisins or dried-liver cat treats, and Rusty eats whatever he can steal, whether or not he likes it. Some popular suggestions are in the FAQ. In short, just keep trying things. Smearing a new food with Ferretone may help get your ferret to at least try it. And if you never find a treat she likes, don't worry about it. She can live just fine on kitten/cat food, and Linatone works great for training. > Then she will take one piece of food and run to a corner of the > room. She will either eat it there or start a pile of food. She > will then run back to the cage and do the same thing over and over > again. Any suggestions? Smile indulgently. :) It's standard ferret behavior. Various people have written about playing music... Pixxel and Rusty came out to see what I was doing when I started playing saxophone, but neither of them was particularly interested. They do chase squeaky toys, so I guess sax just doesn't have the right harmonics. Chris VonSeggern <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > He's done his share of damage -- chewed carpet [...]. I'm just > praying they don't look the place over too carefully when I move > out. We had one of those caged-pets-only leases, which we pretended we weren't violating. Pixxel did a fair bit of digging at the (brand-new) carpet by some of the closet doors. When we moved out, we "shaved" the carpet with a kitchen shears, trimming the long, fuzzy patches she'd made down to the level of the rest of the pile. It was hardly noticeable when we finished. Jim Makowski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If I can get my fiances clearance, I'll send the photos to Pam > Greene(?) at Ferret Central for posting on the WWW. Yep, it's me. The photos sound great -- I hope you can send them! - Pam Greene <[log in to unmask]> Ferret Central - <http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/ee/users/rhode/index.html> Ferret FAQ - GET ANSWERS PACKAGE FERRET in mail to <[log in to unmask]> [Posted in FML issue 1103]