Simply, Ferrets are kind of like the average 4 year old child... they get *busy* and wait till the very last minute to head to the bathroom! And, being that they have VERY short legs, if they are too far from the litter box they just can't make it. So they just find any convenient corner. ( unlike the 4 yo child, at least you don't have to wash the pants!! But then again, you DO have to clean up the corner! AH Parenthood!!) I guess you just have to love them for what they are, not where they choose to *go*! Amy & Katie (99% in the litter box dept.) It's that 1% that drives you CRAZY!!! "Here's Dookin' at you Kit!" [Posted in FML issue 1697]