I just wanted to thank EVERYONE who responded to my sick little Elsa...there were a lot of you and I tried to respond back but I think I might have missed a couple. Sorry!!! I also wanted to thank Dayna for sending me a feeding syringe. I lost a bunch of email addresses so i can't thank you personally...I'll definitely use it though! I have one other question & a comment...Elsa looks like she is "on the mend". She's eating & drinking on her own, and her stools are looking much better/more solid. W/i the past five days though she's starting grinding her teeth. Usually after she's eaten, but also if she just wakes up randomly. If nobody has heard this noise before, it's akin to (and even worse, in my opinion) fingernails on the blackboard...ouch. Her vet thinks if she keeps this up it might be an ulcer???? Does anyone know why a ferret would grind their teeth like that? Also...I've noticed some comments recently posted about ferrets drinking their urine. My 3 yr old Linus did that last fall for a while. Quite unpleasant. If you have the money it's worthwhile to have the urine analyzed, if only for peace of mind. The vet concluded nothing was wrong w/Linus, he just had some bad "table manners" & maybe I ought to sit him down and have "a talk". I just was more strict w/him and the litter box, when he uses the box he doesn't have any pool of urine to drink. So he doesn't do that anymore. Minta [Posted in FML issue 2195]