Sharon Burbine followed up my posting with concerns on the height of the cage and lack of levels. Yeah, they're high. I added three 1.5' wide wooden shelves to each of mine, so they've each got two levels and several ramps. One of the middle levels is just a ramp leading up to a hammock; the top level has a pillowcase hammock. When you buy the cage it comes with two carpeted shelves that are really pretty inadequate. I borrowed from the design of those and just cut wood boards to fit, sanded them, and installed hooks at either end so i can take the shelves out and rearrange them when necessary. With five boards, the cage is very safely multi-level. Nobody's ever fallen more than 7 inches. The cage collapses with a maximum of effort, but it folds down to a very compact shape. The cage also comes off the base *very* conveniently, and locks on more securely than it looks like it would. The only drawback of the shelves i put in is the fact that the ferrets' claws go *skrrrt* *skrrrt* - i just dont keep them in my bedroom. :) No splinters so far, either. Melissa ___ Melissa Litwicki __ [log in to unmask] ___ By the whole newsgroup devoted tennis showing it after scarfing fork and laughters [Posted in FML issue 1834]