During the hot day I bring the cage, ferrets and all, inside where it is cool. In the evening when it cools I roll the cage out onto the porch where they spend the night. This keeps them out of the furniture and gives them all the out time they want. This morning I was watching blind Peekaboo eat. She will be outside the cage but will go inside, get a mouth full of food (sneak sneak grab), then go back outside (whoosh, run, smile), then spit out that mouthful of kibble (deep breath then PATOOOIE! SPLAT !), and then crouch to eat her 'stolen' prize (chomp, chew, grind, gulp, burp). She did this over and over. For some reason she feels better eating outside the cage than inside. I guess a sub sandwich eaten while sitting on a log in the woods does taste better than in a sub shop! Ferrets are smarter than we give them credit for ! Gordon, Peekaboo and Pester Aarrow-Ranch Aviation Mechanicsville, Virginia, 23111 USA [Posted in FML 6016]