Anyone seen this before or have an answer? Overnight someone had what is otherwise a perfectly normal stool except that it has three bits of orange stuff in it about 1/8" to 1/4" long. A second stool about half an hour ago is similar. i.e. normal solid form and shape but about 20% of it is bits of orange color. This stuff doesn't seem to be darkening with age so I'm guessing its not oxidising and probably not blood. (Color is definitely that of a ripe orange rather than being red.) There have been no "treats" for at least a day and a half so diet is purely Totally Ferret. Impossible to rule out something that was found on the floor during excercise about 12 hours ago, but we are extremely well ferret proofed. I can see no signs of chewed bedding but will re-examine. No-one seems to be acting abnormally (except see note below). I anticipate taking a sample to the vet later today for analysis. At this time I do not know which of the four it is. --------- One of the several books on ferrets that we have mentions that ferrets "don't climb". We have a closed in deck off the rear door which they _were_ occasionally allowed out on so they could get some fresh air. Today, I let them on to it while I went to the pool to check chlorine. On my return after about five minutes, "Weasey" had made it up a 36" high plywood "faced" wall to the ledge on the top of the low wall (including negotiating a 3" overhang) and was now well on her way up the side of the house towards the roof gutter! (I only clipped her toenails on Saturday!) [Posted in FML issue 1211]