Ok I <ouch>give up. If anyone, I repeat anyone out there knows how to soften cactus hair, needles, spine, whattheheck ever, please let me know. A magnifying glass & tweezers has been <ouch>tried for removal, but since they are so fine, more skin than <ouch>anything else has been removed. And please remember these are out of sight, in my rear cheek to be exact. (Believe me BIG this is ferret related and could be a ferret problem....) Lynn & the Seven, laughing-with-paw-on-guts-holding-on-&-paw-over-mouth-to-stiffle-tehe te heing-rolling-around-on-back-with-rear-feet-in-air-kicking-wildly, Sneaky Snakes...Rosie, Blossom, George, Cocoa, QT, Sadie, & Caffi. "Quiet in there you little brats or I'll get a stick!" Rosie, "She did a good war dance hey Blossom?" Blossom, "I don't know about good, but it was sure funny!" George, "Boy it sure is fun around here, my other mommy didn't do that." Cocoa, "That had to be almost as much fun as when we helped her change the light bulb." QT, "Talk a little louder guys I can hardly hear you. Boy this laughter is contagious." Sadie, "Maybe now that her mind is on something else I can steal that mouse!" Caffi, "Boy I love it here! Tell me when she gets the tweezers again & is bending over with the mirror and I'll try to send out more messages on the puter." [Posted in FML issue 2624]