Folks, hi, I have 2 questions & an answer. The answer first: I wrote several weeks ago about a ferret with an irregular shaped enlarging bald spot on one side. Our vet had already had us try an ointment that included both antibacterial and antifungal ingredients, & when that didn't help, I posted the fml for advice. A couple of respondents suggested that it might be ringworm, & the vet suspected that too at that time, but once again, no response to the medication... (BTW did you know one of the tests for ringworm is that it glows under ultraviolet light? far out...) At this point, the dog developed a round, pink, perfectly ringworm looking bald spot on her leg but the vet's comment was that there are many conditions that can have this appearance and had us try an antibacterial shampoo (ChlorhexiDerm 2%), washing the ferret (& a few square inches of the dog) 2x/week. &, after only 2 weeks, both are growing hair back. Now the questions 1. Have anyone's ferrets become constipated when the switched to Totally Ferret? When we got our first ferret & tried a kind of food she wasn't accustomed to, she became very constipated after a few days; when we switched her to Marshalls Farm food she did ok. Now I've bought some TF & have been feeding it mixed with the Marshalls for a few days & *both* ferrets seem to have become constipated in the past 12 hours. Is this unusual? 2. I know this isn't a new question, but I would welcome tips from experienced ferreters: About 2 weeks ago we got our second ferret. He is a year+ old and totally not box trained. Can we hope that first ferret, who he has bonded with very nicely, will train him for us? He seems to hate to even step into the litter box do you think the clay cat litter hurts his feet? He does seem quite bright and people oriented, so he should be trainable, but I'm not sure how to go about this, & in the meanwhile good little ferret #1 is losing her training... Thnx for all yr help! [Posted in FML issue 2439]