April asked about ferrets who rub their faces in a downward motion and running their nails through their mouths. Without trying to panic anyone this sounds a lot like mouth pawing - usually indicating that their "tummy's don't feel so good". Actually one of mine was doing this (she wasn't gagging or drooling or vomiting to my knowledge) it did turn out that she had what must have been a partial blockage that got worse some weeks to later. Then she started vomiting - x-rays didn't show anything, vomiting got progressively worse - exploratory took 5 small pieces of rubber out of her gut. I personally know give what is far above the recommended cat lax dose to no ill effect - actually it seems to improve the "quality" of their poop:) as I think Boris has scaring from anal scac removal and his was usually in bits and Giesela's the one that had the surgery. So I guess I'd recommend dosing heavily with cat lax for the next few weeks and a barium x-ray (don't even bother with a regular one). Mary, Booker and the fuzzbutts [Posted in FML issue 2697]