>From: "Kris Aaron-Benedum (and S. & S.)" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: why do they do what they do? >Question for ferret psychologists: >BUT ... cats almost always use the litter box from tiny kittency and both >dogs and cats can *usually* find their way home should they wander off. >So, why can't a fert -- who is unquestionably smarter -- do either? Someone mentioned that when ferts have intact scent glands, they do *not* have such problems with navigating back to a starting point! Which makes sense when you consider their ancestors navigated in pitch-black strange rabbit-tunnels - you couldn't navigate by sight down there, so they used smell as an alternative? [Posted in FML issue 1697]