He everyone! There's been some talk lately about travel bags. I thought I'd share mine and see if anyone has some "upgrade" ideas. We've got 5 ferrets that DON'T like to be seperated. Some people talk about taking 1 or 2 of their 5 or 6 out for a walk. Boy would we be in trouble if we did that. We'd get the sappy eyes, sulking & pouting from the left out ones all night! I had to take our youngest to the vet one morning by herself, and she looked like a lost child! She hoovered in the corner of the bag and when I brought her out - she clung to me just like a baby. She buried her head in my neck and had her little paws clutched on to my neck. She's not like this when she's got the other 4 with her. When I returned hom and walked in the door with her - all four of them just stared at me, then turned and walked away! They normally all will greet me by coming up to me and at LEAST sniffing my feet! Boy, talk about touchy. Anyway, we started out with 2 ferrets. We bought a back-pack and cut a half circle mesh window at the top of the bag for them. This worked well, as we just put a small pan on the floor. It seemed a little crammed in there, even with two because the pan took up most of the floor & needless to say, they'd sit, lay and stand in the USED litterbox. So we went out and bought a duffle bag. The pan fits in one end and it gives them semi-ok room at the other end. The only problem with that is that it is so BULKY and heavy. I hear about people taking there ferrets out in a shoulder bag, but this thing is just way to bulky to carry around like a purse or something. I've even thought of making my own bag to accomodate my needs, but I don't know where to begin. I really liked the back-pack idea. Very convenient and easy to tote around. Its just not big enough for our 5 girls *&* a litter pan. If I could make one, I'd make it wider across (shoulder to shoulder) and wider in width (back to front). It would be ideal to make a compartment for food & toys...in 1/3 of the bag, leaving the space under it for a litter box: ________ / | \ | | | | | | | | | | \_| | | | | |___________| Maybe one day I'll get around to it and I'll let everyone know how it turns out. If any of you are sewers and have every tried your had at some kind of bag or purse, let me know! I'd love to get ideas. Mish, Kenny & the five terrors...Ayla, Salt, Pepper, Snowball & Shadow [Posted in FML issue 1161]