Hi Ren, et.al. This was covered awhile ago, so I'll recap briefly. When you are "putting the ferret in the bath" they react with terror as this is something being done >>to them<<. If you rather take them in the shower with you, then they are doing something >>with<< you, their friend. Showers also are less threatening as there's less fear of drowning for most of our domestic friends who have little swimming experience. I just did it for convenience, and the first time two of mine fell asleep next to my chest in the shower as the nice warm water flowed over all 3 of us..:) Try it, you might like it a LOT better than the terror drill you;ve been thru. Gary & the gang of fur Violence is not strength, Compassion is not weakness. From Camelot. [Posted in FML issue 1557]