>From: Donald DiPaula <[log in to unmask]> >Has anyone else heard their ferret(s) scream? My Beckett was just a few months old when I had a group of friends over my apartment. Eric (one of the friends) was doing laundry (because he doesn't have a washer and dryer at his house). Beckett was trying to help by stealing socks. He (Eric) was getting frustrated and snapped Beckett with a towel. Not hard, mind you. I think he really just made that pop noise in the air. Beckett freaked! His hair stood straight out so that he looked like a bottle brush and he took off running. What he (Beckett) didn't figure was that Eric FOLLOWED him. When Beckett came to a dead end (my bedroom door was closed) he turned around and there was Eric. He let out a bloody murder scream at the site of this hulking man grinning down at him. Three rapid.... umm... sounds... very like an angry grackle! I smacked Eric upside the head for hurting my baby, only to find out he hadn't TOUCHED the ferret when he screamed, just LOOKED at him. Then I got smacked upside MY head when I said I'd scream too if I turned around to see Eric. Back to high temperatures. Even if you have a transition period, I do not believe a ferret could live in a car. The green-house effect and all that, it gets pretty darn hot in there. Even with the windows partly down. I think I heard it could get to over 110 F. Any animals I've seen housed outside have wire cages which let the air breeze through. They're in plenty of shade as well. A wire cage in a glass-windowed car doesn't do any good. People live without a/c, sure, but they have fans, and they open windows. I lived in Puerto Rico without a/c for three years and it didn't get 110 degrees (F) (though it felt like it many days). Does the article you quoted said they could LIVE in the extreme temperatures? I only read 'introduced' which could mean taking your fuzzies out in the snow for an hour. It was just a little ambiguous for me. As far as the motor of a car goes... I've never owned a new car, I don't know about modification that may have been made but two of my past cars I KNOW you could get into dangerous places. I guess you're safe with a new car, or an old car that you know about. I'm going to have to check my new/old car I have now. :) Well, that's all for now! ahn and jon and the dogs, cats, and rats... erm... fer-rats. [Posted in FML issue 1329]