I was asked for more details on the pics of Georgia and Peanut's home. http://gallery.me.com/ferret#100016 This is the inside of their pen. I was watching the web cam yesterday morning when the lid to which the camera was attached was removed from the nest box--the plastic tub you see in #3. Usually, the lid is set down so that one only has a view of the floor of the pen, but this time, much more was visible. The door is how caretakers enter and leave the pen. In the breeding facilities I've visited (Fort Collins and Louisville), the black- footed ferrets are in rows of cages in a large room. While there were solid walls between the cages so the animals couldn't see their neighbors, tops and fronts are wire. (See pics from Fort Collins http://homepage.mac.com/ferret/IFC/PhotoAlbum12.html and Louisville http://gallery.me.com/ferret#100031 These pics were taken by various attendees at IFC forums. Interesting coincidence: in the Louisville pics, there is a web cam shot of a nest box of Indiana's kits. I wonder if Indiana is closely related to Georgia, and how many other bffs have state names!) Obviously the setup at the CRC in Front Royal (National Zoo) is fairly different, with a larger, more enclosed area for each ferret, and just the top slats letting in natural light. I don't know what the flooring consists of; looks to me like dirt covered with large wood chips. The metal cabling conduit carries the power and network connection for the web cam. I don't know what the walls are made of. As to what Peanut's and Georgia's fates are, my guess is that since he was produced by artificial insemination with sperm from a long-dead genetically valuable male, he will be kept for breeding. They may stay at CRC, or one or both may be moved to one of the other breeding facilities around the country. That's about all I know. But I do have a contact who is the education program manager there, and will contact her for more info! Linda Iroff International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML 6056]