Nicole, your very cute story about the silly things your ferrets do in the middle of the day is just the kind of story that used to make the FML so much fun to read. New ferret guardians especially love to read about everyone else's ferrets, and it gives them a sense of what is "normal" (ha!) and fun about having a ferret. I wish more people posted stories like this every day. Ferret care, ferret questions, tributes to the deceased and advertising are all so serious that a list full of it doesn't reflect the reason we all love our fur kids and keep adopting too many of them :) These guys are silly and fun. Everyone who is following this argument should resolve to post their favorite ferret story soon, even if they posted it in the past. Ongoing, people who like to tell about their guys should try to post now and then when they see or remember a funny or interesting ferret behavior. If I hadn't read a funny post years ago about a ferret who liked to drink out of a bowl *through* the sleeve of a sweatshirt, I wouldn't have identified the problem in my ferret cage recently. Why was there no water in the bowl? Why was there a towel in the bowl leaching all the water away? Why did rearranging things not fix the problem? Ah ha! Bentley, the newest guy, must have decided he likes to drink water through a towel. Sure enough. No more towels in that part of the cage and now everyone can drink even after Bentley has snorkled the bottom of the bowl. Blessings, Judith [Posted in FML issue 4853]