My fiance bought a house four years ago and moved it with our four ferrets. I crawled around on my hands and knees looking for areas I needed to ferret proof. I was very careful about the dishwasher... the washing machine...the dryer. Then came the first bath time for the ferrets. I took them upstairs two at a time and into the tub they went. The first two came out squeaky clean and were towel dried a bit before being allowed to run around the bathroom to finish drying themselves off. The house has forced air heat and Sammy almost made it into one of the heat ducts. I reached in and grabbed him - by his tail - and pulled him back out. Another couple of inches and he would have fallen all the way to the basement. So, lesson learned, even though I had crawled around and checked things out, I had assumed that the heat vent was secure. It wasn't. Sam had been able to push it out of his way in the blink of an eye. I'm just glad that I was watching them closely and was able to react quickly enough to grab him. We checked all the heat vents after that and made sure that they were tightly secured. Kelley Loving Princess, Daisy, Poncho and Bandit Missing Ben, Jerri, Hershey, Casper, Felix, Oscar, Justin, Bailey, Shadow, Bear and Sammy [Posted in FML 6092]