To: Judy May Just my opinion...I have seen these contraptions they call "ferret wheels" but for the life of me I cannot see what interest a ferret would have in one. I think this is just another case of a manufacturer trying to put ferrets in the same category with hamsters and trying to make money off the of the public's lack of knowlege. (Here, they repackage 'dangerous' cat toys and sell them for ferret toys.) Ferrets are far too intelligent to spend all that energy "running to get nowhere". I imagine it would be like all of the other exciting toys we ferret owners have spent a small fortune on, only to have the ferret ignore the toy and play for hours with the packaging it came in. My real concern, however, is that it could pose a danger to the animal. I have seen hamsters lose an entire foot when they got caught in a wheel. We all know how "accident prone" ferrets are. I think adding a ferret wheel is asking for trouble unless you are going to closely supervise their playtime with the thing. Never leave it with them while you are asleep or away. I run a shelter, am very careful about cages, and have many I have used for years with no problem. A few months ago, I switched ferrets around and put a different pair in a particular cage. Within twenty minutes, the male managed to somehow get his toe caught in a place where two panels came together. Thank goodness I was in the room when it happened because even before I could get to him (about 4 seconds) he had begun twisting his entire body to try to free his toe and he broke it. If it had been a few seconds longer before I grabbed him to stop him from twisting, I think he would have ripped the toe completely off. (He is fine now and the toe appears to have completely healed.) This incident has made me even more careful of cages and toys and such. I am interested to hear input from others who have used these wheels with ferrets. [Posted in FML issue 1465]