Hi, all. Surprise -- yes I am still alive. Been doing a lot of scanning, lurking, and just plain not reading lately -- they weren't kidding about final year! But I find I must take the time to write for advice. Since I last spoke with you all, I have acquired a new little one -- Tigger, a male silver mitt baby - I've wanted one for ages, and fell in love with him a few weeks ago; just had to have him. And he's an absolute star -- he keeps Ian and I in stitches. And Trella on her toes, especially since at 14 weeks he already outweighs her by at least 1/2 a pound or more. He has just one majorly annoying fault. He digs all the food out of their bowl and then they have no food because eventually it works its way out of their towels and through the grating where they can't reach it. There it gets mixed with spilled litter and I can't always put all of it back in the bowl -- plus it means they go without food until I see he's taken it all out. Again. Is there a type of food container with which he can't do this? It needs to fit in their cage, which is just one of the one level ferret cages -- when we graduate we'll get a bigger cage, but right now that's what they have and I need a solution to this problem that will work for their cage. Any suggestions? Please write to me personally, as I'm not always able to read the list. Thanks! Laura Laura L'Heureux Kupkee U. of Illinois Vet Med -- FINAL YEAR! [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1254]