You left out one of the more important steps- vacuuming the ferret
itself.  I have ferrets who appear out of nowhere as soon as the vacuum
goes on, eager to be sucked up by the hose and deposited will-nilly all
over the place.  They bite it, they leap at it, they hiss and dook and
scream while their tail gets all bushy.
 
Of course, the vacuuming itself never quite gets done... <g>
 
As for cleaning the fridge...
 
Step one- Make sure ferrets are asleep
 
Step two- get a small container of warm soapy water and sponge.  Sit
down on floor next to open fridge.
 
Step three- leap to your feet as a ferret who has appeared out of
nowhere has spilled the water all over the floor.  And your lap.
 
Step four- try to find where the ferret has put the sponge *this* time.
 
Step five- remove ferrets from fridge.  Step carefully around the broken
glass where someone has pushed the jar of olives out of the still open
fridge just to hear it break.
 
Step six- close fridge and spend the next few hours scouring the house
for various fruits, veggies and other things that *should* be in the
fridge but are now, instead, under couches, behind the stereo and other
hard to reach places.
 
[There was no step sevemn.  BIG]
 
Step eight- lie down with a cold cloth on your head and a stiff drink in
your hand.
 
Step nine- Contemplate cleaning the freezer instead as you are fairly
sure they won't be able to reach that high.  You hope.
 
anne
[Posted in FML issue 5197]