Melissa here, Every morning before I leave for work I go down to check on the fuzzbutts and usually find three groggy ferrets poking their heads out from under towels and hammocks to stare at me. Noodle and Friday quickly shake off the sleep miasma and slink and stretch on down to come out and greet me. However - and I've mentioned this before - Easel just doesn't wake up all that fast. Anyone else got ferrets like this? The other morning when I went down they all poked their heads up, but while all were wide-eyed, only Friday and Noodle were actually *there*. Easel had (i swear!) the look of a person shaken out of deep sleep by one ring of the telephone or a loud noise. I poked her in the nose - still dazed. I scratched her on the head - still dazed. Eventually, her eyelids drooped shut again and she curled back up to continue sleeping. Anyone think I should be worried about her tendency to wake up slowly? She's about, oh, 6 or 7 months old, and she's always been like this. It's darned cute and I know many people like this, so I'm chalking it up to character.. Melissa ___ Melissa Litwicki __ [log in to unmask] ___ By the whole newsgroup devoted tennis showing it after scarfing fork and laughters [Posted in FML issue 1838]