I'm so sorry to read of the loss of your babies when your house burnt down. The loss of any pet is difficult, but it's even more heartwrenching when it is an unpreventable accident. I'm very thankful that all humans were able to get out alive. I've seen so many new "faces" appear on the FML that I would like to pass along a small tip... I put several pillow cases on top of our ferret cages. In the event of a fire, we can throw the ferrets into the pillow cases and run outside with them. What we'll do with 8 ferrets in pillow cases once we get outside is quite a mystery, but at least we'd (maybe) be able to get them out safely. I guess keeping an extra taxi or two in an outside storage shed/barn would be a good idea for events like this. I have Martin's collapsible cages in the back of my car, so that would be where I could put them. Vicky Edinger Ebay Coordinator Rocky s Ferret Rescue & Shelter http://www.gfme.com/ferretrescue/ [Posted in FML issue 3665]