It is not how you would keep your ferrets, no. Nor would I. But we don't run the world, do we? But they don't look too skinny. And we don't know that that's where they live all the time. And what if it was? And there's probably not much you can do. There's a whole world of ferrets living in less than ideal conditions. At least these two get in the house sometimes. I have learned to let things go, and do the best I can with my own fuzzies. If I couldn't do that, I'd be heart-broken and in panic mode all the time. No point in that. It doesn't mean I don't care. Roary Albuquerque, NM [Posted in FML 7767]