>My Peanut loves to get behind the stove and especially get into the bottom >drawer with all the pans and such. I think he miust like the clanking and >clattering that they make as he roams around under there. Not to worry, we >have an electric stove (no pilot light to burn himself on). Just a word of caution ... I have an electric stove, too, and discovered that my one ferret (Cal) was digging away at the fiberglass insulation around the oven! I opened the drawer to find it full of fiberglass debris.:( I had to wash all the ferrets, vacuum the kitchen, drawer and the rugs in the house (because they'd been running back and forth) AND change the bedding. Then I wiped out the drawer and washed all the pots and pans (because fiberglass is *really nasty*). I had to change my clothes and take a shower, and even so my arms and legs were bright red from the fiberglass! I cleaned out the ferrets ears carefully, too, as I noticed that one was scratching his ears frantically. :( So even if it doesn't have a pilot light, be careful. None of the other ferrets I've ever owned (in 10 years) has done this. What a mess! --Barb-- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- Barbara Carlson Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA [log in to unmask] Work: (412) 268-1342 Home: (412) 481-5927 http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/bcarlson/home.html (under construction) Thought for the day: If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting! -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- [Posted in FML issue 1824]