No need to worry 'bout 'mashed taters' in this house. Tater is a bedroom fert. The only time he gets near my recliner is when he's wearing his halter and leash. I'm an old fert and that leanin' back chair feels mighty good to my ol' bones at the end of a day. Please rest assured that Tater is allowed absolutely no access to the business end of the chair. He usually 'tests his limits' and then curls up in my lap and takes a nap. Now, don't he sweet? I could not agree more that unsupervised access to a recliner, as well as many other household 'comforts', can be deadly to a Lil' Guy. PLEASE, everybody, make sure that anyplace or anything your babies have access to are completely ferret safe. Don't forget how resouceful and clever they are. Well now. Since you be done got my attention and woke me back up, maybe you can help me out with a question I got. (BTW, I was just talkin' to a guy on the Science Fiction Forum of Cserve. I wanted to talk about SF and some of the stories I've written. He kept telling me about his Python and how big it was. I don't consider two feet long to be much of a snake, specially where pythons are concerned. Man, there really are some sick puppies out there. Thank Gawd your letter announced itself and got me out of THAT conversation!) Maybe you, or somebody else out there can tell me what it means when a perfectly litter trained fert suddenly takes a notion to to poop on his Paw Paw's flip flops three times in one night. I'm used to having kibbles - even soggy ones - between my toes during my midnight meanderings. Doodoo in the shoes is a whole different matter! Reckon what the Lil' Guy's trying to tell me? He always has plenty of food and water and cats to beat up on. Mee Maw and I play with him every chance we get. Could he still be mad about the 'snow incident'? Any ideas? Maybe he loves me so much that he wants to share his 'everything' with me? So sorry to hear about Dusty. Us two-legged folks are mighty slow to learn sometimes. Wouldn't it be great if we could all be like ferrets and other critters. Joy to the world! Thanks for taking the time to care and to write to us. Rest assured in the knoweldge that Tater is in good hands with Allofus. Your friend and fellow ferret nut, Paw Paw (::-{)}~~ [Posted in FML issue 1479]