Hi, I'm Sean, a new ferret owner, and this is my first post to this list. I've had Digger for about a 6 weeks, and have found her to be rather passive as far as I've heard of ferrets. Yesterday, I had some homework to do, so I went to this river valley close by me to do it. I took digger with me. Digger was on a thin string type harness with a 50 foot rope attached, and I let her run and explore while I read. After she got tangled in some trees, she was able to free herself of the harness! I looked up after a bit of reading and could see bushes rustling a good 100 ft away. I found her quickly, but I wonder how lucky I was. I hear stories of people taking their ferrets out to public, and wooded areas, and I wonder what precautions are taken. I work most of the day, and go to school most evenings, and hardly have any time at home with the ferret, and I was think she's bored. I was wondering about getting a second ferret, to keep Digger company. Anyone have any thoughts or advice on this. Sean! Sean Belanger [log in to unmask] Toronto, Canada [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] * I [ ] My Ferret. I [ ] My Tarantula. --- RoseReader 2.52 P006571 Entered at [ROSE] [Posted in FML issue 1225]