My two cents on the cage issue: For Christmas my two girls got a new home. No they didn't leave my household but we got them a new cage to live in. We found it at PetsMart and I really can't remember the name of it but I am in love! It has 5 stories and is honestly big enough that I could fit in it if I took out the 5 levels. It had plastic shelving, clear plastic tubes in between levels, ramps and the whole bottom is a big litterpan. The wire is coated with a hard something so rust is not an issue. It is also on rollers which I like. Both of my girls in the 4 + years I have had them have never been litterbox trained. Their idea of litterbox training is it always belongs next to the litterpan. So I switched to plastic shelves and the big litterpan in the bottom - we have fewer presents in the upper levels and they are so much easier to clean with a paper towel each day off plastic then they were on the wire. I also feel that the plastic is so much easier on their feet than the wire. I will never go back. Beth, Minerva & Frumpstiggle the marsh wiggle [Posted in FML issue 3288]