Okay, someone threw out one of thsoe beaded car seats so I rescued it from the paper section of the recycling shed and would like to use the beads to make a half-curtain for the back bathroom because then when we have a ferret in there (with a barrier up on the bottom) we can also get some privacy to use it for its constructed fashion without having to move huge numbers of things to get to the door. Does anyone know if these beads are treated with anything nasty for ferrets? A few climb well enough that they can get on neighboring items and play with the beads. Margie, I'm glad the gingko was sealed well enough that the ferrets couldn't get it. It appears to act as mild anti-coagulant from some recent things I've read (which also said that it helps those with exists circulatory disease causing impairment but has a placebo effect on others), and a person doesn't want ferret getting a blood thinner except in the rare cases in which it is needed. Which leads to my next question: Is that stuff safe for ferrets? If it is it might be a good alternative for those rare individuals which throw clots and don't tolerate aspirin. Vets? Ulrike, there are hundreds of forms of cancer, and the term also winds up misapplied (way, way too often) to other things. A lot of folks here call anything which has a tumor "cancer" and that's not the case. In Angel's case she would have had something quite different from the typical pancreatic growths people talk about normally. Ah, we wan to eventually have a retirement home with special ferret things so envy you, Richard. Here are some things we eventually want: tunnels between rooms (accessible from top hatches, and with plexiglass sides in case a ferret gets sick and hides in there, or in case one uses it for a bathroom) a special ferret safe outdoor kennel accessible from the tunnel system, a special ferret area off a den with waist high sides so we can watch them and double doors (storage areas inside the barrier would hold most ferret supplies), plexiglass windows to the den (so they can watch us), low windows to outside so they can look out, higher windows with screens so they can get air exchange, any power plugs set up high, a wash tub, tile floor with a drain which is inside a cabinet like structure or other protective structure so we can easily clean the floor but the ferret will not wind up trying to get in the drain. We'd also put some cages in there for emergency room leaving, shelters, places to hang hammocks, etc. but most of the time they'd have their doors open. That's a long way off, though. [Posted in FML issue 2386]