I have to put my . 02 in. As for your ferrets bonding with you. I guess we have been lucky. All of ours, except to newest have bonded well with us. They all give kisses, greet me at the door when I come home for work and love to climb up and snuggle. Still working with the youngest. We are very hands on people. There isn't a time when one of them walks be us that we don't scope them up and hug and snuggle then. Then, of course, we love getting on the floor and playing games with them. To teach them all to kiss, we did kind of cheat. We put ferretone on the tip of our nose or lips and they lick it off. They eventually caught on. Love those ferret kisses. Funnel cages: I have two. We have 6 ferrets and I wanted something big enough for them to stay in at night and during the time when we are not home. Wanted to make sure they had plenty of room to play. We connected these two cages together. They were that way for two years. Only once did we loss part of one of the tunnels -- our fault. I didn't put it back together correctly after I cleaned it. The kids loved them. We now have them in one big (huge) cage, due to the fact that two cages took up way too much of our livingroom. These cages are now available for donation, if anyone is interested. I hate to see them go to waste. (Seattle, WA area) Love those fuzzies, keep them forever in your hearts when they are gone. They are such a wonder to behold. Vi, Michael and the gang of six. [Posted in FML issue 3355]