>From: scott sinclair <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: dishwasher blues > >Basically, you have to get down on the floor and think like a rat or >mouse and then what would chase them... hmmmm, and if the space is big >enough for a ferret to get through... if it's head will fit through, >believe me, the rest of the body will follow.<snip> When I got my first ferret, making the apartment ferretproof involved, among other things, cutting a length of 2 x 4 to fit in the toe kick. The trickiest part was cutting the end to fit the baseboard it met a wall. It still left a little toe-kick room, but made it impossible for my newly acquired sprite to slip under the cabinet. I tested it with my fingers and they wouldn't slide in. (Your mileage may vary with the cabinet type.) Before installing, I used a spray-on stain to make it dark and relatively invisible. When looking for my first house, I amused more than one Realtor by going down on hands and knees in kitchens and bathrooms to assess the ability to make them ferret-safe. Working with me added "ferretproof" to the agents' vocabularies. :*) As for my dishwasher, I added cage wire around the front to close the gaps between it and the cabinet. Dan Muldoon and the furry four Omaha, NE [Posted in FML issue 4835]