Just a word of warning regarding cloth, used for bedding, for your little guys. A few months ago I glanced in at our ferrets cage to find Frisky, one of our little girls, hanging by her neck from the suspended basket that they sleep in. It seems that an edge of the old toweling, we had been using as bedding, had frayed and her head got caught between the strands. In her efforts to free herself she had the cords twisted very tightly around her neck, and was limp and barely conscious. Had I arrived a few minutes later she would certainly have been dead. Needless to say we are now extremely carefull as to the types of material that we provide, using only safe non-fraying types. This danger never occured to me up to that time, but I have since heard of other ferrets dying in similar incidents. Take Care Cathy and Don Ruetten Frisky,Slinky,and Bambi! [Posted in FML issue 1206]