>They often let one of the big iguanas sit on the floor in the reptile/bird >house, and people can touch it. I've heard them warn people with small >children not to touch it, or to be very careful about washing their hands >afterwards as iguanas tend to carry some particularly nasty thing. ... >Does anyone know what this is? Is it something that could be dangerous >to the ferrets? The disease to which I think you are referring is Salmonella. I have no idea if it is dangerous to ferrets (tho I personally wouldn't take the chance, if no one knows), but it *IS* dangerous to both humans and to cats. A good friend of mine and her cat both got terribly ill with salmonella, a few years ago. The cat died, a terrible death. - Megan -- Megan O'Shaughnessy DC ( [log in to unmask] ) URL: http://www.teleport.com/~megan/ [Posted in FML issue 2433]