When people find out I have ferrets, they ask me all kinds of questions including this one: "Where do you keep your ferrets? In a cage?" Their eyes practically come rolling out of their heads and their chins hit the floor when I tell them that they have their own room. The room doubles as a ferret/computer room. Inside the room is: - computer desk (no drawers to get into) - two LOCKING cabinets to hold college and computer stuff (replaced the old bookshelves) - two cages (1 small and 1 condo) - sleeping bags, hammocks, baskets with blankets - thousands of toys - 20 ft plastic dryer tube - cardboard boxes - paper bag - 5 litter boxes (3 in the cages and 2 larger ones outside the cage) - a beanbag chair (used to be Sobriety's favorite chair to sleep on, bless his soul) - a self watering bowl and huge HEAVY food bowl We also have a carpet in the room (which was subjected to occasional accidents when Sobriety lost control of his bodily functions toward the end of his life). They love the carpet but I think the next house will have a linolium floor instead. Much easier to clean. The room is totally ferret proofed. They don't even bother with the few wires I have because Bitter Apple solved that problem real well. They are not caged unless I know the house is being shown by the real estate lady or if I am in the process of cleaning the room. They can come and go from the cage as they like. I keep them company often since my computer is in the same room and I usually have a lot of school work or I am on the IRC. They are let out about once per day to run the hallway and the diningroom (supervised, of course). They are not allowed in the living room because I can never get them out of the couch (we are looking at buying a futon very soon). What can I say? My babies are spoiled rotten :) RE: STUFFING FERRETS: When Sobriety passed on, the thought NEVER even occured to me to have him stuffed! I returned him to the earth from which he came. Yes, he was my favorite boy. I will remember him by making a memory book of all of his pictures and may even have a small portrait painted of him by a local artist. But stuff him???? Never! Julie and The Fuzz Factory --Misty and Charity In Loving Memory of Sobriety. [Posted in FML issue 1460]