I can not understand why some people in the warmer parts of say the USA say that ferrets have to be housed indoors due to the fact that they can not cope with the outdoor temperatures in winter. I have been checking the outdoor temperatures at least once a week here in the UK that my ferrets have to cope with unless we have any server weather because none of my ferrets are housed indoors at the moment and up to now I have not lost one due to the cold I can not understand Wed 10th January 2007 By 10 p.m. the temperature in the ferret room dropped to +5c Wed 17th January 07 The outdoor temperature 1400 hrs was +7c Tues. 23rd January 07 10 am the outdoor temperature was -2c Thus 25th January 07 8 am and the outdoor temperature was -10c -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intact-ferrets/ The Brain Injury Association http://www.headway.org.uk/ Is it a charity or a hobby of collecting pets. http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/1997/4/16/830306.html http://www.webspawner.com/users/ferretwelfair/index.html http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/First_Page-Index.html http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1737001,00.html#article_continue [Posted in FML 5499]