I don't think anyone here is advocating feeding alcohol to ferrets. Are we? Also, the ferret I mentioned that drank vodka drank a *whole water bottle of it*! Yes, this nearly killed her. If I drank half my weight in vodka (I estimate 7 gallons to be equivalent), I would be six feet under. I also don't feed my guys soap, furniture polish, lint, foam rubber, shoe leather, etc, but I've had occasion to notice that they like it. Mostly, I let the ferrets taste whatever I'm eating or drinking. I guess I shouldn't have done it the day we had lint and furniture polish casserole, but hey... Safe and Happy Ferretting, -Catherine Shaffer BTW, several hours of comatose sleep sounds pretty typical for a ferret. :) [Posted in FML issue 1456]