pt. 1: I recently removed my couch from the ferret room and found evidence of an infant ferret business (IUm guessing laundromat or dry cleaning): six (mixmatched) pairs of socks, various underwear, several washclothes and oven mits, a shirt, a spoon (that does have me perplexed) and a business card (?). I suspect my youngest, Sybil. She has way more energy than the rest of them and is probably the only one who could handle the 12-16 hr days required to start a small business. pt.2: When I first got Linus he absolutely DID NOT like ferretone, or anything remotely related to it. All he liked was fresh bananas. Consequently it was very hard to give him positive reinforcements when he found the litter box. Holding and petting him was not good b/c he physically could not sit still (he much preferred being chased relentlessly). I tried banana baby food, nope. I could not get him to try ferretone (or anything related) on his own. When I stuck it on his mouth heUd immediately go and wipe it off into the carpet. I think Linus finally got jealous of Zooey and Elsa getting treats b/c after about a month he just gave in and tried the ferretone and...was instantly hooked. A relief, but not necessarily helpful with the litter box training. It still took over a year. Apparently thereUs no truth to the rumors that ferretone increases brain mass...:) Minta [Posted in FML issue 2571]