Oops.. forgot about the swimming part of that last post, sorry. Kitka has always been a real water baby. Charlotte is *not*. Yesterday Kitka was up on the kitchen counter when I filled up the base of our rice steamer. It is about 2 inches deep and 8 inches in diameter. She was interested! She waltzed right over and put her whole head and two front feet under water. Eyes open and everything. She loves water, but hates baths. Go figure. I remembered reading about someone putting a shallow pan of water on the floor (a couple of inches deep) and dropping raisins in. The ferret I read about would retrieve them from the bottom of the container. My husband and I wanted to try this ever since we read about it and now was the time! I put a big flat-bottomed tupperwareish thing on the floor with a small towel underneath. Kitka was immediately standing in it and drinking as much as one ferret can. It worked, she got the raisins out! It took several tries before either of them figured out that the raisins we *in* the water. I don't think they see very well. Charlotte, however, did not think a measly raisin was worth the indignity of getting that wet. She got a dry one for considering it though. The two of them are SO different. I am constantly amazed! Thanks for listening. [Posted in FML issue 1101]