Melissa and Potpie here - Well, it's been 90+ in my area of michigan this week, so when i got home from work yesterday and Potpie slunk out of her cage and instantly collapsed on the floor, i decided to relocate her to the basement. Unfortunately, it is NOT ferretproofed, so while it's cool (and dank, and damp, and badly lit), i cant let her go running around where it's cool. So she goes upstairs, *poof*, she's hot and gasping. But while she's in the cool basement, she's all ready to be let out and zip around. *sigh* I wish the weather would break..im fortunate to /have/ a cool basement, but does anyone know of any weird problems with keeping ferrets (temporarily - if this weather holds up im buying AC) in basements? re: Renegade and climbing/leaping..Potpie's extraordinarily good at both. *zip* up the drapes (we have blinds now). *shoop* from floor, up leg, shirt, to shoulder. She's better at jumping horizontally than down from places, which i think she started doing less once we moved into a house with hardwood floors. A long jump down means a big yeowch! Potpie, "a bath would NOT cool me off - get that water AWAY from me" and Melissa, swimming, swimming, swimming. ++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++ Melissa Litwicki "It's big, sharp teeth and claws versus [log in to unmask] a mind of questionable wit." ++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++--++ [Posted in FML issue 1231]