To Chris and his rescue of a free ferret - Sounds like the best name is Cinderella (and that makes you the ferry godmother). On shredded paper - We shred many obsolete legal documents as do most offices (no I don't work for Ollie North). After spying a big bag, the light went off and I took it home. I laid it open on the floor in front of Gus, who was on the couch. After about 2 seconds of checking it over, he was flying (or falling with style) through the air with legs sprawled. He landed inside the bag in the middle of the paper and began digging and tunneling as furiously as if he was in his box of potting soil and peat moss! I later moved his shredded paper into a box and it has become a frequently used "toy". I want to also thank whomever it was that said in the FML that you may have to stuff a treat into a ferret's mouth to get them to try it and realize it was good. Gus has been turning his nose up at raisins ever since I got him last year. The only treats he'd taken to up to then was ferretone (need to watch how much he gets) and apples (powerful laxative and hard to keep small pieces at the ready for long times). Well, last week I picked up Gus and stuffed a half a raisin in his mouth and now he seems' to like them as much as apples. Now I think I can really begin trick training in earnest. [Posted in FML issue 1849]