It sounds to me like you should find a new home for your two boys. Ferrets need much more than water to live!!!! They need love and attention. ( I am assuming you are including food when you say water). All animals have an odor. Even the human kind. PLEASE consider finding a new home for these two. Give them a chance to recieve the happy life they deserve, with someone who will appreciate them and love. I am not saying you don't love them, you are at least posting for info. I feel that having them outside is unfair to them, and leaves them exposed to dangers, I don't even want to think about. Ferrets were not bred to live out of doors. You would also be minimizing the time they have human contact, and ferrets thrive on that. For a ferret, living is being played with, human interaction, not being caged 24-7, more than eating or drinking. REANEE GLADDEN "SQUEEZLES GALORE" http://reaneelgladden.tripod.com/squeezlesgalore/ [Posted in FML issue 4286]