I think ferrets see red. It's only a hunch, but Sebastian has always seemed to have a preference for red. There's a red blanky that is draped over a milk crate (with a pillow in the bottom--okay, Sebastian is a bit of an epicurean). I tried to take that red blanky once. Just once. It's the kind of blanket you can snap into a robe like thing and I was cold and wanted to wear it. Sebastian wasn't even napping there at the time. Well, when he saw me steal his red blanky, he bristled up and dashed about and acted real weird. He sort of went into enemy surveillance and ambush mode. I took the blanket off real slow and put it back where I found it. Sebastian dragged a big chunk of it under the dresser to make sure nothing like that would happen again. To summarize, he becomes easily attached to red things. Also, I thought I'd share with you all a really cute thing Sebastian does. Neither of our two ferrets are allowed downstairs in our townhouse. We don't want them running out the front door, jumping into the aquariums, getting into the basement, hiding behind the refrigerator, or unpotting our plants. However, we do occasionally allow them some supervised downstairs playtime. Well, recently, whenever we open the little door that keeps the ferrets upstairs, Sebastian will tumble down the stairs at the speed of light as usual, and scout around a bit. What's unusual is he will rush back up the stairs after a few minutes and wait at the closed door. When I open the door, he stands in the opening so I can't close it again and gives me a strange look, and then tumbles happily back downstairs. My interpretation: the strange look means "now leave it like that!" He hates having that door closed. Happy ferretting, Catherine [Posted in FML issue 1557]