>From:    scott sinclair <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: dishwasher blues
>
>Basically, you have to get down on the floor and think like a rat or
>mouse and then what would chase them... hmmmm, and if the space is big
>enough for a ferret to get through... if it's head will fit through,
>believe me, the rest of the body will follow.<snip>
 
When I got my first ferret, making the apartment ferretproof involved,
among other things, cutting a length of 2 x 4 to fit in the toe kick.
The trickiest part was cutting the end to fit the baseboard it met a
wall.  It still left a little toe-kick room, but made it impossible for
my newly acquired sprite to slip under the cabinet.  I tested it with
my fingers and they wouldn't slide in.  (Your mileage may vary with the
cabinet type.)  Before installing, I used a spray-on stain to make it
dark and relatively invisible.
 
When looking for my first house, I amused more than one Realtor by going
down on hands and knees in kitchens and bathrooms to assess the ability
to make them ferret-safe.  Working with me added "ferretproof" to the
agents' vocabularies.  :*)
 
As for my dishwasher, I added cage wire around the front to close the
gaps between it and the cabinet.
 
Dan Muldoon and the furry four
Omaha, NE
[Posted in FML issue 4835]