Dale asks: >My vet had previously given me a powder that stopped the blood immediately >but I have now run out. Any suggestions on what to use. I've used three different things. 1) Press the nail into a bar of soap (being very careful that the ferret doesn't snatch said bar, dragging it to some hidey hole for casual nibbling). <Come on Dad! cut my nails again, soap AND ferretone!? That's what I call heaven.> 2) Corn Starch. Just put a dab where the nail is bleeding. This is kinda messy, but works pretty well. 3) Styptic Pencil. This seems to work the fastest, but I suspect it does sting the ferret a bit. I know it stings when I use it on nicks from shaving. Cheers! Matthew =========================================================== The Arts in Technology--Creative Consulting and Contracting J. Matthew Saunders (540)951-3090 [log in to unmask] http://www.dogstar.org "We have to work in the theatre of our own time, with the tools of our own time" --Robert Edmond Jones =========================================================== [Posted in FML issue 2548]