>Could you please make up your mind?  This can hardly be a case where him
>getting his way would be harmful for him, so why not keep him company when
>he needs it?
 
Sorry, Urban, gotta disagree with you here.  No parent is going to
encourage, via positive reinforcement, any behavior that they don't want
their child to continue.  Waking 'before the roosters' is not something to
be encouraged, although it is certainly to be expected of any animal (or
small child).  For someone who has to get up & go to work, waking in the
wee hours to keep a ferret company just isn't realistic if they have to
operate on all eight cylinders throughout the day.
 
Doing away with the cage may be ONE option.  Or opening the door so that
the little one can come and go while the hooman is home.  Maybe putting
toys in the cage that the ferret can play with when he's bored.  Sometimes
even adding hammocks, tubes or a variety of other sleep areas can help to
keep a ferret from becoming bored, giving them a 'change of scenery'.
 
I don't remember who the original poster of this problem was, but I wish
her luck!
 
Many Happy Dooks to All,
 
Melissa
 
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Owned by one hooman kid & the five ferret kids:
   Dexter, Cocoa, MoJo, Dodger & RockStar  >^v^<-,--------,''''''
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[Posted in FML issue 2520]