Melissa here with something i remembered: Potpie won't get into trashcans that i've put a scoop of mess from her litterbox into. It's a handy and usually not noticeably smelly way to keep ferret-accessible trashcans safe from inquisitive ferrets. :) I think this works because i have a small can with a bag i use when i clean their litterboxes out (daily or 2x daily), so they know what's in there...anyway, it's worked for me, so you might wanna try it. oh! having gotten to work, it seems that my digital camera pictures didnt turn out so bad after all. Whee! So that's another scannerless option - buy a digital camera. :) Software to manipulate the pics might be handy as well... (http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~squirty/files/ferrets.html) Melissa n the snoozin croo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Litwicki [log in to unmask] Radio Controlled Operation In Vivid Six Ways Of Movement With Reality! [Posted in FML issue 1340]