One of our ferrets, Spice, has a really cute trick that we thought we'd share with you. When he's in the cage, he happily drinks out of the water bottle with the rest of the kids. However, when they're out and about in the kitchen, he prefers to drink water out of a dish, in a special way: He dips his front paw in the water, takes it out and licks the water off the paw. None of our other ferrets do this. Also, on the subject of vaccinations. Our ferrets get their rabies and distemper shots at the same time. So far, no reactions. I hope it stays that way! But we have never had problems with the vaccinations. Sara and Kurt and the 9 fuzzies [Posted in FML issue 1880]