Hi, I was reading a post about teaching dogs to find ferrets. Well, cats seem to be naturally disposed to doing just that. At least, my friends cats and my sister's cat all like to find (or what I call constantly keep an eye on) the ferrets at all times. Whenever one of my babies takes off for parts unknown in the house, the cat is always nearby, watching. It makes my job of finding them a whole lot easier. To Jen Lutton....I keep my 2 ferrets in a cage in an apartment while I am at work. When possible, I stop in on them at lunch time (more rare than frequent), and they are always sleeping. They have adapted to my schedule, and are active at night when I am around, and sleep from like midnight-6AM, and then from 9AM-7PM. I am sure they wake themselves during the day, to eat and perhaps play with each other, but I am pretty sure they catch up on sleep for the most part. On the weekends they come out w/ me, for walks and visits to friends' homes. I bought both of them from the same pet store, and they have never been sick a day in their lives (one is 1 year old, the other is 1.5 years old). Before getting the ferret, I had a rabbit when I was 12 years old, and 2 hamsters as an adult. Good luck. [Posted in FML issue 1293]