I really appreciate so many people taking time to give me some ideas on how to remove the gum! From all the e-mail on this I was relieved to find out that mine isn't the only one who has tangled with gum and lost ;o) Poor Meep had so many little spots with gum that I gave it up for a lost cause and just clipped them out. He looks like a Dalmatian ferret now! For everyone's benefit the main suggestions were to rub in peanut butter or oil to disintegrate the gum or something called Goo Gone - but I was cautioned this was a petroleum based product and to be sure to bathe the ferret immediately after. Also to hold ice to the gum and that it would get brittle and break off. I think I wrote to everyone who sent me a suggestion and told them thank-you! But if I missed you please know that I really was glad for your suggestions! Karla Meep, Daisy, and Chunky [Posted in FML issue 2729]