>...Though they haven't done it yet, I instantly realized there will come >a time when they are big enough and curious enough to do an Olympic style >dive right into the tub. > >I really knows how lucky I was, and will now forever more, do this part of >the cleaning task, behind a bathroom door. This is just meant to warn any >other new ferret owners that might be listening that ferrets are just like >kids and need every bit as much watchin' out fer. I just cleaned out the cage myself last night and had a bucket of warm water with a nasty pine cleaner in it and I had to have help fending off all six of the creatures! They were *determined* to jump into that bucket! Sheesh. They will eat, jump into or otherwise immerse themselves into almost anything that's bad for them! --Barb-- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- Barbara Carlson Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA [Posted in FML issue 1506]