Thanks to all who have written me and given me some great advice. It all seems to be pretty much across the board, so I am assuming that the info is pretty much on the money... I have a doctor's appointment with our VET on Monday (no illnesses, just regular stuff for heart worm meds, etc.) and I now have a whole page full of ideas and suggestions for him to help me with. I had a few folks ask about the itchy shot that Sola got and Monday is the one month check up for that. I will find out what the specific drug was used and post it because a few folks wanted to know about it. I realized after the fact that I accidentally wrote insulinoma when I should have referenced adrenal disease when talking about losing hair at the base of her tail. I really did mean to write adrenal disease, but was thinking of a million things at once... Just for the record, the pulling of the nails through the teeth always immediately follows the head rubbing thing when they first wake up. I have never seen them do it otherwise. (Not to say they don't do it when they groom out of my sight!) Again, ferret people seem to be a great bunch of people who have a common care and I am glad I found you all. You are all like an extended family. Thanks to all and sorry I didn't do all personal replies. I tried, but I got so many responses, I gave up and decided to post to the FML again. Also, Mike Janke wrote about his wife calling the head rubbing thing "doing the cute thing, again." It seems that alot of people feel the same way about it. =-) Finally, I turned my toilet paper over so it unrolled over the top and the fuzzies had a BLAST jumping up, grabbing the paper, and unraveling it with much fervor and relish. I think, I actually heard them giggle! Kiss the fuzzies whilst they sleep for they may dook on your head otherwise... April and the four furry creatures of doom !! <<2 ferts, a dog and a fert wannabe cat>> (Just saw the movie, the Mummy and it was SUPERB! 4 paws up!) [Posted in FML issue 2697]