Greetings friends. Has anyone ever seen the BeastMaster!? A really crappy movie, but the hero's are a pair of domesticated ferrets! We were just clicking along and *POOF* ferrets on TV! We were so excited. Except one of the ferrets doesn't make it (sniff) Anyway, we are currently trying to find a ferret sitter situation for a long weekend we are going away. Please no flames here, but how long can you leave the critters on their own? We have an *incredibly* ferret proof, all tile bathroom that is *really big*. They have free run in it all day, and have all their non-edible toys in there (ferret balls, etc..) There are two litter boxes and three water bottles. The longest we have left them is about 16 hours (long day) and they were fine. Not even that hyper when we got home, they tuckered themselves out! My question is, if we left on a friday night and came back on a monday morning, how often should we have a friend look in on them and clean up messes, check water, etc.. Just saturday evening, maybe once a day? Lost in Marin [Posted in FML issue 1091]