>OH, speaking of useful things to try post-surgically: instead of a litter >box use just newspaper for a while (black and white unless you know the >colors to be vegetable dyes rather than heavy metal dyes Sukie, FYI, all inks used in US newsprint are now vegetable based. In fact, it is a Federal law that bans the use of the old heavy metal and carbon based inks in printing processes. So, it is perfectly safe to use shredded newprint, color or black and white, as bedding material for our fuzzies. I actually prefer the color comics as the color doesn't 'bleed' as much as the black inks. For our ferrets! MC, The Rude One [Posted in FML issue 2637]