To Kimberly Blackman RE: Litter Training Martha was good for using a single corner of her cage while in it. Once outside the cage, she immediately went to the bathroom! behind the toilet!! It's the only area of my apartment that's not carpeted and apparently she liked the coolness of the tile on her feet. In "de-feet", I placed a litter box there. Like others who reported here, she too, played in the litter but used the floor beside it. Finally I removed the litter box and replaced it with paper towels. She uses the paper towels! Remember: ferrets train us.... not the other way around. Anyway, Martha finally got me properly trained and when Snowball arrived, she trained him as well: he uses the paper towels in the bathroom when he's too busy to go back to the cage. However, Snowball has also left deposits in closet corners. At first I discouraged this, cleaned it up, etc. Then I noticed the quantity of droppings were much smaller than normal deposits. I now leave them there and Snowball, content that his territory is properly marked, shows no need to re-deposit at these alternative sites. Lee Donehower Omaha NE [Posted in FML issue 1074]