Hi y'all, I wanted to let you know that Snookie and I emailed CBS. We also e-mailed Paul Irwin and Rachel Lamb of HSUS. I wanted to ask if anyone out there has every encountered a ferret that was not even phased by Bitter Apple? I am still in the process of re-litter training Snookie. I bought a small spray bottle of Bitter Apple (the kind that you're supposed to spray on plants). I sprayed it on the area where I did *not* want Snookie to potty. A few minutes later she went to that spot....and....well....the Bitter Apple *didn't* work! :-( I later opened the bottle and let her sniff it. She acted like, "well, OK, so what?" I saw some Bitter Apple in a tube. I guess it's a paste-type substance. Should I have used that? Will it stain the baseboard/carpet? Someone mentioned a "wheezing" ferret recently (I'm sorry, but I can't remember who it was). Snookie will sometimes do this...not at any specific time...sometimes while playing, sometimes while just walking around. She'll sometimes cough while she's wheezing, so I thought it might be a hairball. The vet didn't find anything (just a visual inspection) and said that some dogs will have a "backwards cough" where, instead of exhaling while coughing, they inhale. (Maybe doctor Williams can verify this(?)) The vet said to give Snookie 0.5-inch of Laxatone twice a week and, that even if it wasn't a hairball, the Laxatone would not harm her. Snookie's shots are due in November. Should I take her back before then for x-rays? The "wheezing" is not constant, nor does it even happen every day. Oh, I just remembered...when Snookie gets into one of her scratching moods, she'll tend to scratch the same spots. It this normal? Also, I'm not sure if this is due to the scratching, but a "spot" has developed on her side. It's not a "spot" where the hair has fallen out or looks inflamed...but...it's kind of discolored (kind of light brown-ish) and the hairs there are little more coarse). When I inspect the spot, she gets a little impatient, but I can't tell if it's because it's tender (she doesn't like to be held very much as it is). Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark Zmyewski (and Snookie, who has now resorted to pulling the newspaper *away* from the wall so she'll have nice *clean* (well, not so clean anymore!) carpet to poop on!! Oy!) [Posted in FML issue 1221]