Hullo all you ferts out there! I know it has been posted in the past about the idea that ferrets have an `urge' to dig, and thus explains why they scratch into carpets, couches, mattresses, et cetera, et al. I have a 10-gallon fish tank filled with gravel sitting near my bedroom. Sometimes when the fuzzbutts come out, Esther (female) hops in and starts rooting around in the 3 or so inches of gravel, and starts digging furiously. If ferrets have an `urge' that needs to be filled every once in a while, this works very well for my ferrets. Strange that they haven't associated it with a litter box with high walls yet... Sammy(fert)Esther(fert)Froggy(iguana)Malou(cat)Jane(3-legged cat) and the fish o-plenty crew, several bald & long-haired bipedal ape-like creatures including... ******************************************************* *** Mark A. Pendl ** ZPT- Vuode ** [log in to unmask] *** ******************************************************* ************** http://www.uwm.edu/~spam *************** ******************************************************* [Posted in FML issue 1848]