Add me to the growing list of people wanting to know if there's anything to worry about. I have two ferrets: 13-month old Brae, a sable from Path Valley; and 2 1/2 year old Templeton, a deaf blaze from Marshall Farms. Brae has the nicest coat--shiny and soft, with a thick coat coming in. He also has good muscle tone and weight (he's about 3 lbs--he may be too heavy? How do you know when a ferret may be "on the heavy side"?) Templeton, on the other hand, was thin with a thin, coarse coat when we adopted him in June. He weighs in at just over 2 lbs. He had been on 8 in 1 and Purina Cat Chow. He's been eating TF and Iams kitten formula for five months, along with daily doses of hairball remedy and Ferretvite, but there's not really been much (if any) improvement in his weight or coat. Is this normal? You can feel his bones (you definitely can't do that with Brae!) and when his back end is on the counter and his front feet are in the sink, he is really sunken in in front of his hips. Is there anything at all I can do to help him put on some weight and improve his coat? He shivers a lot. Also, I worry that he might have a hairball or some other reason for not gaining weight. Templeton doesn't like any treats except ripe bananas; Brae likes peanut butter, banana chips, Craisins, raisins, grapes, dog food, ... you get the idea! Neither one of my ferrets is a cuddler, either. Is Brae still too young to settle down for that sort of thing? Since Templeton is deaf, I'm wondering if his lack of interest is normal? When we pick him up, all he does is look everywhere but at us, as if he's trying to check everything out.... Please post to the list. Seems a lot of folks are having the same questions. [Posted in FML issue 2487]