I've got to say that I agree with the people who are bothered at the prospect of someone taking pleasure in watching their pets kill another animal ... whether it's goldfish, or something different. That seems really cruel to me, particularly when you even feel the need to smother the poor victim animal in Ferretone in the first place, to make it even MORE attractive to your pet. Since it seems that the principle thing that attracts your ferrets to the goldfish (given that they aren't even eating the fish) is the movement, why don't you buy them a nice wind-up bath toy, instead? They'd probably have a lot of fun going after some wind-up (mechanical) ducks or boats, etc., and they could have every bit as much fun without ANY animal needing to die in the process. If you feel they need to "hunt" something they can eat, I suppose you could loosely attach some raisins or other treats to the mechanical toy, and allow your ferret to "catch" the toy and remove the treat and eat it. Hoping this is a more humane alternative, Ela ___ ___ (000)___(000) Ela Heyn / @ @ \ [log in to unmask] | | ======@====== http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5483 [Posted in FML issue 2326]