We had a minor disaster this week, and I needed some input from other ferret people. Really bad storms this week, tons of rain and my basement and ferret room actually flooded. Been here 13 years and the ferret room, which is a couple of inches higher then the rest of the basement is soaked. Ferret food, poo, wood stove pellets, wet bedding and newspaper tends to make a wet stinky mess of things. The ferrets were all perfectly fine, plenty of tall cages and places for them to get out of the muck, and now they are safely residing in cages upstairs while we clean and sanitize. The issue comes as we pulled up the old linoleum flooring as I did not feel I could sanitize beneath it so up it came. Now do I leave the concrete floor, put down new linoleum, carpet, tile, or simply paint/seal the concrete. Any thoughts and experience with this would be appreciated. We all know how messy fuzzies can be, so ease of cleaning is important. Money is of course a consideration, as funds are limited as they usually are for small shelters. We are adding new gutters and hoping to keep water out of the basement as much as possible in the future....but of course it could happen again, so I am trying to keep that in mind as well. Please share any thoughts and experiences you have had so I can make a more educated decision on flooring for these guys. Thanks, Daphne Forget-Me-Not-Ferrets of Quincy, IL [Posted in FML 7767]