Hi, I saw some posts about our Ferret Disney Land in MF! We really enjoy it and it is open to ferrety friends who may pass through at the cost of one Cheweasel per visitor. I would say free, but the ferts are insisting on charging! :-) Really though, I saw a post asking what people do as far a roaming around. We chose to let our guys go free in the room. I have thought on this and still question my decision from time to time, but we allow them to sleep in sleepy boxes with clothes in them that are strewn all over the room. We have cages for them, but I hate putting them in the cages unless they are sick and need to be in our room for observation. I have thought the whole fire thing through and decided that since they have a door in their room that goes directly outside, that I could let them roam. I reasoned (God, I hope I never have to test this theory) that I could squeaky ball them out of the room from the outside in case of a fire. The only problem is, because of the door and windows, I have to put them in a cage and relocate them to a different part of the house during hurricanes. I also let them roam outside the room during the day. Their room is just their "night cage" in a sense. When we built our house, we built it with them in mind. We bought all furniture with skinny legs that is high off the floor, put in half doors to no-no rooms, etc. They've found 3 places in the house to hide during the day because we really don't have that many closed off, dark spaces for them other than in their room. I guess it's all up to you. What makes you feel comfortable? If you like knowing they are in a cage during the day while they are sleeping anyway, then let that be the way you do it. If you want them to be able to jump and run around, if they wake during the day, then let them roam the room. Our guys sleep ALL day and only get up to eat a bite or two and use the potty. They only fully wake up and come look for us during the scheduled play times that we've gotten them used to. (Twice a day when we put down what we're doing and do blankie runs, eggs in the shower and furious ferret drying, etc.) The only other concern is narrowing down sicknesses. If I find a weird poopie or something, it's a little harder to narrow down the suspects. I have developed an eye for who does what poopies normally and try to deduce through what I DON'T find when I find a weird poopie, but it's still a challenge. If you find puke or something, you just don't know who did it. I guess that's the same in a cage unless everyone has a fav hammock and you find the puke in a hammock and ferret has moved. Our guys go from box to box depending on what suits them for that day. I really hope that helps. It felt like rambling. :-) E-mail me if you have questions. April and the LOVES ferrets Luna Orion Venus Eros Sola [Posted in FML issue 2997]