Picking up on the fert penis thread ....When I first got my first ferret, Robert, about a year ago, he climbed into the dishwasher late one night while I was emptying it and got hmself hooked by his urethra or maybe the sheath of his penis (?) on one of those spokes that stand up from the bottom to hold dishes in place. I pulled him off as carefully as I could and took a look. No visible damage, The next AM he was a little swollen and reddish around the opening, and I called the vet. She said to watch to see if he got better or worse, and he resolved in a couple of days. But now THAT was a scare. First time I heard ferret shrieks.Probably what saved him from more harm was the fact that it was after and not before the dishwasher rcleaned the dishes. I almost never use the dishwasher these days. [Posted in FML issue 5144]