From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2003-12-02 21:46:57 UTC
Subject: RE: Kodo update (enlarged spleen, insulinoma, and now cataracts)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7814833.1070401617913.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
If you aren't already doing it you can use culinary extracts (vanilla, maple, etc. or safe types of essential oils (herbs, fruits, spices, etc.) to help him navigate. We prefer the oils for most things because the alcohol in the extracts can damage some furniture.
Anyway, these scents will be smelled by you for a few days but the ferrets seem to smell them for up to two weeks.
They achieve two purposes:
1. Putting them on things which the ferret may bump into will allow the ferret to avoid a collision.
2. They can create a scent map. Just use two per room (one per side) and use different scents for different rooms.