Greetings Ferret fanatics! Just thought I would share this, partially because I was commanded to do so (along with the rest of yas) and partially because when I saw this I was tired and sick and it was more restorative than an after-work beer! So I come home from work the other day and let the ferreties out like normal. I still have lots of weddng stuff to do, so I'm putting together a list of addresses and things and yelling "Mab! Get off the table!" whenever I hear something fall over. The cats love to chase the ferrets. It's one of the things they live for. To the cats, especially the 4 month old, Rodan, the ferrets are like those furry weasel toys except even more unpredictable (i.e. they go in different directions without having to be batted around). I hear pitta-pitta-pitta-pathump-pathump and see balls of black, white, and sable fur race by out of the corner of my eye. I think nothing of it. This is normal. Then everyone disappears for a short while. This isn't uncommon, either. A lot of times they'll all go play hide-n-seek under the dresser. So I'm minding my own business when I hear the fiance laughing and also the sound I usually hear when Mab attacks the bicycle wheel (bicycle hangs on the wall of the office; Mab loves to see the free wheel spin for some reason) I get up to tell fiance not to let the ferrets play with the bike b/c they could hurt themselves and walk in on the most amazing sight. Scenario: One Trek road bike mounted on the wall close to the ground (only place we could find with a stud for the rack). One small sable ferret (Mab) on the bicycle seat, and I swear she is taunting Rodan and Xander, the cats. Rodan is hanging from the curtain on the window next to the bike with three paws while desperately trying to bat Mab with the free one. Xander, who is too large to hang from the drapery (and who has actually listened when we discouraged him from doing so) is fiercely attacking the bicycle wheel. If you not near the one you want to attack, attack the one you're near! Meanwhile, Dustbin, our large albino, is dancing in place near the scene, all by himself, like he's laughing with his body -- you all know how they do that!!!! I nearly died. Then Rodan suddenly decided she had had enough and took a flying leap at Mab. Mab does a weird karate looking jump to combat this and ends up on Rodan's back while Rodan scrabbles for purchase on the bike seat. Mab is trying to give Rodan an ear cleaning when (of course) they slide off and bounce right into Dustbin who is still having Dustbin's Dance Party on the floor. This increases Dustbin's frantic fuzzy dance which winds up the already excited kitty-ferret ball into a kitty-ferret-ferret ball! Finally, Xander pounces on the whole thing, causing Rodan to leap straight into the air (like cats do when they get too excited) and scurry away. The rest made a mad dash after her. James and I were laughing so hard that James almost inhaled Budweiser. It's so funny how they can get themselves all wound up into a chain reaction! Like a live Rube-Goldberg device or something!!! dooks and whisker kisses to all, Mab ("Nyah Nyah, can't get me -- oops!") Dustbin ("I'm a dance, dance, dancing machine, watch me get --hey!") Rodan ("Gonna get ya! Hah!...Acck!" Xander ("Hey guys! Come back!") [Posted in FML issue 3912]