>So, into the bathroom sink he went. To my great surprise, he completely >relaxed. He rested his head on my hand and just lounged in the warm >water. One (and only one) of my ferrets has a similar reaction to water (the rest struggle to get out). Clover, my oldest, goes completely limp and just floats in it. This turned out to be a good thing the time she fell into the bathtub. My ex SO's kids got out of the tub without draining it, during the time I was busy attending to my ex who'd just chopped part of his toe off with the lawn mower (accident prone to the nth degree!), so the full tub went unnoticed. After the ambulance came and took him away (my SO), I discovered Clover floating motionless in the tub. I about had a heart attack, I thought she had drowned! Then I saw her bright little eyes staring at me, and I snatched her out of the water and tried to dry her off (luckily the water was still warm). But her little legs started going and I couldn't hold her. She flew around the house non-stop for about half an hour. I don't think she found her bath so relaxing; she was freaked! But if she had struggled in the water, she probably would have drowned. Perhaps the floating response is for self-preservation? Nancy and critters [Posted in FML issue 4068]