Mish, Sarah has a room of her own, but I have always left the cage in room, open. I would think that Sarah would have unpleasant memories of the cage (such as traveling to the vet, being put away when ferret-hating company comes, etc.), but instead she sleeps there all the time. Dave, Actually, I have a couple comments on what you said. 1) I don't think that it's necessarily true that you shouldn't get older ferrets. There have been lots of success stories on the FML of people acquiring older ferrets. Also, not all people give away ferrets because there is something wrong with the ferret. An acquaintence of mine gave away his ferrets which were dearly beloved because his family was allegic to them. 2) There might be some negative comments about 'working' ferrets; however, I don't see any differences between 'working' ferrets and working dogs (hunters & retrievers) or working cats (mousers). When my mother was in England, she saw a bunch of working ferrets and said that they were treated just as lovingly as the pets. Aside from that, I enjoyed your post. It's nice to hear about what goes on with ferrets in other countries. Caroline (Sarah's well-trained pet) [Posted in FML issue 1234]