So here's the deal. Mab has this thing with the coffee table. She will get up there if it's the last thing she ever does! We've moved it, we've taken all the interesting things off of it, but to no avail. It's so far away from the couch that James can't even put his feet on it. So it ain't all bad. Mab is a prodigous jumper, though. We've tried loud "No"-ing, water gun squirting on the bottom (which is actually quite entertaining, etc. Sometimes it works. But let me tell you, when I get her and scruff her and give her a loud NO, she patiently waits for release and then she dances away, chuckling. (I am careful not to play with her for fear it would encourage her to do bad things to get attention.) She's the happiest ferret I've ever seen who had just been "disciplined". Anyone else have a ferret who does this? I used to have one who would "bitch" at me when I scruffed her. Janis always acted like I was HER pet. :P I've never seen one who was happy about it, though! -christine Mab Dustbin [Posted in FML issue 3770]