Hello, I am new to this list so I believe that I should first introduce my weasels. Frosty and Bandit were adopted on July 13 of this year. I feel quite fortunate that they selected me from a large number of perspective humans. Both Frosty and Bandit are sable females, Frosty has a white bib and two white patches, one on each knee. Her guard hairs contain quite a bit of white making her feet and tail look frosted hence her name. Bandit is very dark in comparison and has larger brown eyes in contrast to Frosty's blue/grey eyes. Bandit is quite a bit heavier and has a very distinctive mask, hence her name. Both weasels came from Marshall Farms, but despite the negative posting about MF I have seen in the past I felt that these two little ones are deserving of playing chase, tug-of-war, bouncing and wooping. They have been examined by the vet and declared healthy and very wiggly. Three times a week I take a small plastic teaspoon and put one pump of ferratone into the spoon and call one of them who sooner or later comes to the spoon to get her treat. I don't think they know their names, but their sniffer is so good that they smell the ferratone and by calling the one closest to me assures that they get the treat. Perhaps they will learn their name someday. Shortly after they get their treat they will lay on the floor folding their front feet back and begin pushing themselves around the carpet steering themselves on their chin. I say they are wiping their chin off because after a few seconds they will backup and sniff/lick the carpet. After all this cleanup is done, I notice that they both become mellow in comparison to their bouncing and wooping a few seconds before the treat was given. Is their something wrong with the ferratone that would make them become so mellow? They don't act like they are drugged by staggering or just laying in one spot with a dazed look on their face, rather their level of activity drops in half but they retain full coordination and inquisitiveness. Since I give them their treat shortly before I put them to bed perhaps they associate it with bed time. The next day they are ready to jump, run, hide and do what ever it is that ferrets do. To sum up, is their anything in ferretone that will act as a mild sedative to a ferret? Thanks for any replies, -Mark Mark Steele 325 Broadway E/GC3 Boulder, CO 80303 voice :(303)497-6505 fax :(303)497-6513 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1308]