O.k. I have been reading the many levels of discussion lately and I just had to put my foot where my mouth is...or is that money where my wallet is....or fuzzy where my butt is....anyway.... I have sniffed all my furkid's tails. I think their tails smell like Grape Kook-Aid. Why? I think it's the litter I use. I use Cat's Pride Dust Stopper Paper Litter. It particularly doesn't smell like grape Kool-Aid, but I think it has some sort or reaction with their end product and the smell sticks. I also believe it's the litter because my two newest furkid's tails also smell that way and they've only been here 2 weeks. Either that or it's diet. Which, brings me to the next subject. Dried Fruit? I don't see why not. In moderation. People tend to feed ferrets raisins and craisins. My guys don't eat raisins, but love pear. So, each night, for coming to the squeaky ball, they get their pear piece. Now, as far as body parts go, all four of my fuzzies like a different body part. My Luna loves the hard callous on my heel. She will latch onto it and chew like hell. I know most would think that nuts, but she won't bite me or nip my toes or anything. But when my socks go off, she likes my heel. She digs and chews. (Of course I try to discourage it. It kinda hurts when she gets REALLY excited and bites down hard). Sola likes my eyes. At night, after I wash my face and dry it, she comes in my room and if I lay down and close my eyes, she will clean them again and groom my eye brows. (If I could only teach her to pluck them.) Venus likes my lips. When I pick her up she will grab my lips with her teeth ever so gently and pull and release. Pull and release. It's too funny. Orion is a boy. He likes to stick his head in my crotch. UUUGH! If I sit on the floor cross legged, he dives in between my knees and snuffles. I have to jump up because I'm afraid he will nip me. I know he wouldn't intend to hurt, but always better to err on the side of caution! :) My guys poop in odd places too. I don't know why, but somedays, it's like they all get together and say, 'Hey. Let's poop in ONE spot today. Make a mountain.' and they do. Big humongous combination poop mountain. It's not like there isn't 8 potties in the house! This doesn't happen every day. Just every once in a while. My favorite pet of the six in the house (4 ferrets, 1 dog and 1 cat) is the one with four legs and fur. :) Finally, to make you all chuckle (if I haven't already), I accidentally left a bag of unmentionables on the floor in the bathroom. I go to another part of the house and about 30 minutes later, come back. Low and behold, there are pads everywhere! In the package, outside the package. One was open and half drug under the coffee table! So, I clean up, account for everyone, make sure none have been chewed up (for blockages), dispense laxatone just in case, and then send everyone on their playing way. That afternoon, I went looking for Sola and she was laying in her hammock with her little head resting on a Kotex like a pillow! It was too much! I wouldn't let my husband photograph it though because I felt I didn't want to explain it to the photo guy. You know he looks at your photos! :) Kisses and dooks to all.... April, Bridgette, and Nutt and the "Loves" group of ferrets... L una O rion V enus S ola April Gallaty Please sign up to help out a charity of your choice. When you shop on the net, your charity gets a percentage of what you spend. Start here... http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=3664&mid=54270 [Posted in FML issue 2735]