Hi again, Okay, here's a strange little problem - my big male has developed what, for all the world, looks like a cold sore on his bottom "lip". This first appeared 2 months ago, and I thought that it was probably just a bite blister (you know, like when you bite your lip), and that it would go away. Well, it has not, it's still sitting there. It is a small (2 mm-ish) white round knob right on the edge of his lip, about 3 teeth in back of the big canines. The knob is hard, but it doesn't seem to cause him any discomfort, and there is no discharge of any sort. The other two ferrets are bump free - and Mo only has the one little bump. What am I looking at - ferret herpes? For now, I intend to keep an eye on him to make sure that the condition does not spread, but I would sure appreciate any advice y'all might have! TIA Gwen M. Daley Department of Geological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0420 [Posted in FML issue 1522]