I am hoping those of you with ferrets and cats can help me with your
experience.  I am agonizing about getting a cat.  I have two free-roam
ferrets and don't really think its fair to lock them up if I get a cat.
However I don't know if I'd ever trust a cat alone with the ferts,
especially with claws.  (I hate the idea of declawing a cat, I keep thinking
their going to always have the phantom itch amputees do).  I will continue
to think about this long and hard but could people please e-mail me direct
on: Introductions, how to make them and what danger signs to look for;
stories on cats who get along and how, stories on cats who don't and how;
ferrets who like cats and who don't; kittens vs.  cats etc.  etc.  I just
rearranged my small bedroom which is where the ferrets cage (unused) and
computer is.  It has one of those 5 foot wide sliding door closets (very
shallow in depth).  I took the doors totally off, got a strip of carpet
remnant to put down and put the cage (large 3 story mid-west kind) in it.
The cage gets plenty of light and air since it doesn't fill the closet and
there are two windows.  Now there is room for my computer AND some
bookshelves and can be my little "den", The closet shelf is a handy place
for litter etc.  too.
 
Mary, Boris and Giesela
P.S. I woke up this morning to find Giesela was sleeping with me under the
covers - I love that!
P.P.S  Sukie - what is "water balloon belly"?
[Posted in FML issue 1707]