My suggestion is this it has 2 parts the first part leave the old pair of work shoes as a decoy for Switch the Kit and have the real pair sequestered some place Switch the kit either is not smart enough or strong enough to look. My little girl Shadow has a thing for anything leather she will try to drag it off and the bigger the leather thing the more fun. One time she tried to drag off my leather sneakers and they are 4 times her total size and 6 times her total mass but that didn't stop her frrom trying to drag them off so she could kill them and eat them. Also she plays rough I was playing with her today and she got a little nuts she would sniff and then start biting light at first ya know like a playful nip but she'd then really clamp down and go for blood and if I didn't yell and rip my hand away she would have drawn blood. My little boy Vinnie Da Rat is more fun loving and he just lightly nips not even leaving teeth marks but Shadow she's of the mind I'm so much bigger so she takes no prisoners. Vinnie Da Rat is well a big oaf when he eats he just flops over and lays in his food dish and noshes and with his water he actually stands and drinks he hates to get his face wet so he doesn't lay down to drink. The funny thing they hate water like in a sink but in a mud puddle they both dive in face first and roll around in it. Like tonight I had my door closed and they love to sleep in my room at night and outside their safe place aka their cage so when I opened it Vinnie Da Rat and Shadow were sitting their like the good kids they are so they looked up and trotted right in and went to their sleeping place under my bed. I put a pillow under there for them but I made it look like I forgot about it and like a cave they love that. The downside to having those cute little critters is my brothers very old feline Gray Fart doesn't like them at all so when they are full of P*ss and vinager I have to keep on my toes to keep them separated and gray fart safe she's almost 18 yrs old and just wants to eat and sleep most of the time. Well I've taken up to much of your time so say a prayer to what ever devine being happens to be looking down at the time and thank them for creating our little fuzzy friends even the ones that aren't ferrets too they are cute. Sincerely David L. Owings Vinnie Da Rat, Shadow [Posted in FML issue 3871]