Years ago I lived in a trailer that had fields behind it. Mice came in from the fields. The ferrets were free roam and didn't seem to mind the tiny roommates. I could sit on the couch and watch a mouse run across the floor or get into one of the cages and drink from the water bottle while hanging onto the wire or eating out of the ferret food dish with sleeping ferrets nearby. Marley picked one up and each time it squeaked he'd put it down. He wasn't quite sure what to do with it. I rescued the mouse and put him outside. One time I found a hairless baby sleeping in a ferret bed with 3 ferrets piled up behind him. They were careful enough not to lay close enough to squish him. I put him back in the cabinet for mom to claim. My dog, Sunny, was the mouse catcher and very proud of his catches he was. The ferrets would sometimes try to steal the mouse but they'd not make the kill themselves. I worried about neighbors putting out mice poison but I think all our mice were permanent residents and their families! Thankfully, we now live in town in a house and our wildlife consists of outside squirrels, rabbits, and birds. Oh, the birds mimic the ferrets noises. I was at my neighbors house the other night and heard what sounded like a ferret squawk and looked up to find a bluejay. That wasn't the first time. Hugs. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 3110]