I use two Midwest Cages in the shelter.  One I have taken all the ramps and
shelves out of, and the other has the bottom ramp and shelf only.  In both
we have four hammocks (including several very large ones, and some double
deckers) strung up which go back and forth in an alternating pattern so that
even if a ferret was to fall from one, they would softly land in another
less than a foot below.  We don't hang any hammocks higher than about
halfway up the cage.  In the cage with the younger ferrets, they climb the
walls and then purposely fall (jump?) off into the hammocks below.  Not
only do they entertain themselves, but us humans as well LOL!  In the cage
with the seniors, they all have their favorite sleeping spots, and the
hammocks are a little lower and easier to get from one to another (only a
couple inches in height seperate each, and they all overlap.
 
We have never had a ferret manage to escape from a Midwest Cage, and have
housed at least 30 ferrets in them over the past couple pf years, including
some that could escape from just about anything else.  It would require at
leat two ferrets working together in perfect synch to be able to open the
doors on these cages, and the way the sleves and ramps are arranged, the
heights are just not right for them to be able to do this either.
 
I just want to say what a great time we had at the Cincy ferret show again
this year!  It was great to put faces to names!  The sponsors put on a well
run show that was laods of fun!
 
-Anne
[Posted in FML issue 2427]