Thank you, Pam Grant, for the explanation of jumping and climbing ferrets, as well as all the other little tricks they do! It explains alot!! A few weeks ago, Duss-T, my almost 4-yr old hob, was up playing. I was on the computer. My neighbor came running over to tell me a "big yellow ferret is running down the street" Since Duss-T a light cinnamon, I knew it had to be him. I ran out the door - shoeless - and down the street until I found him a yard trying to play with a golden retriever who didn't really have play in mind - while the owner just stood there watching. "Is that a ferret?" she asked as Duss-T came running over to me when he saw me. My heart was racing sooo fast I thought it was going to bust. How did you get out? Did you go out the door with me when I went for mail? I was *sure* it was my fault. Twenty minutes later, he was at the screen door, just working on it, working on it, working on it, until the latch clicked (now mind you - he's working on the corner of the door on the FLOOR), the door popped open, and he nosed it until he got out. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Needless to say, the screen door now stays LOCKED when the front door is open. Splash used to be jumper - I always thought he was part flying squirrel. I'd find him handing from lamp shades and such. He was 4 in May and is really slowing down, so he's not the trouble maker he used to be. (Uh, that's "hanging" from lamp shades.) Debbie Riccio WNYFLFA Rochester, NY [Posted in FML issue 1245]