>From: "Gomes, Nikole" [...]
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: re: Subject: Hot weather tips??
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:18:59 -0400
>
>Hello.  I have had this problem in the past and what I used seemed to
>work well.  I didn't use the Tupperware with ice I would fill different
>size soda bottles, anything from small to a two liter bottle, and freeze
>those for them.  You can slip them right inside of a sock so they are
>cool not cold for them and they will usually curl up near them at least.
>I would put one or two in the cage and some outside for them.
>
>We would also put their sheets and bedding inside of a plastic bag, like a
>grocery store bag, and froze them.  We would just have two sets of bedding
>and freeze one at a time so they always had cool sheets.  They LOVED this.
>It works good on just about any bedding but it is best on the mesh type
>clothes that they sell in men's department usually for working out.  That
>material seems to freeze the best and stay cold.
>
>Depending on where they are in your house we also had a children's plastic
>pool that I would fill only two inches or so with warn water and as time
>went on it was cool enough they would go in and out.  It seemed to be
>different for them than having a bath.  We put some plastic toys in it
>and two of our guys were like little otters.
>
>Last we would put a fan in their room even though they say it doesn't cool
>them like a person it circulates the air and if you sprits them with water,
>like you would a plant, just enough to dampen them the fan would cool them
>off.
>
>Hope that helps!!
>Nikole Gomes
>Biscuit, Bear, Gravy, Popeye, Sugar and their two dog ferrets Smokey and
>Gunny
[Posted in FML issue 3419]