One question: Talk about timely! Two days ago i was showing off how well Potpie tolerated my forcing indignities on her, demonstrating by prying her mouth open to look at her teeth. I noticed some discoloration so i checked Noodle's molars as well - same discoloration. Now Modern Ferret tells me that's *tartar* and it should be scaled. Oops. Does anyone here have recommendations on whether or not, with four ferrets, i should just do this myself? What type of scaler should i buy? Boy, just watch them love me more and more every day.. hee. Speaking of indignities, I'd like to remind everyone that I clip my ferrets' nails without benefit of a distracting aid - i reward them after i'm done, and Potpie i don't bother rewarding with a treat at all - just a snuggle and smooch. And relatively speaking, they're all very, very good about it! Potpie, after she sniffs the fingernail clippers, will just sit there like a lump until i'm done. But of course, this is also the ferret who's 100% with the litter box, all the time, in EVERY house i've been in, no matter what room she's in, no matter how far it is back to her cage. :) (the other three are compensating by being faaar less than perfect in that respect, though) So, i DO desperately need this advice: what're your proven carpet-stain removers for ferret urine stains? Resolve does not work and nor, do i suspect, will a steam cleaning. Melissa and the "POOP one two three POOP two three POOP ahoy!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Litwicki "Is it ... atomic?" [log in to unmask] "Yes! VERY atomic!" [Posted in FML issue 1781]