Hi! I have been lurking for quite a while on the FML, and finally decided to post a message. My husband and I have a 2 yr. old ferret named Blossom (or "Stinkblossom"). She is really a hoot....she lives in a 2-story cage, with a hammock on the second level. Sometimes she sleeps on it, and other times she sleeps rolled up in a towel, t-shirt, etc. We also add an old sock on occasion. Blossom loves to tunnel into a sock...it is really funny to watch her inch her way to the end. After a while she will get tired of this sport and will make a U-turn inside the sock and come back out again. One time I was sitting near the cage reading and heard the "click-click" of the water bottle. I glanced over towards the cage and didn't see a ferret at the bottle. Then I realized that Miss Blossom was inside her sock (with her head at the toe end) and was drinking water THROUGH the sock fabric! Silly ferret. She is a sweet ferret, except for being a hit-and-run ankle biter. She will get in a nip on the fly and scoot under the nearest available piece of furniture. Also, if you stand too close to whatever it is that she is hiding under, she will strike like a copperhead ;) If you are wearing socks and long pants, she has learned to search for bare skin above the top of your socks in order to get the desired effect. This seems to be an unbreakable habit of hers...oh well.=20 Will share more adventures from Blossomland later, as this is getting kind of long. Pam, David, Blossom the stinky slinky, Yellowcat and Furball (cats), Jimmie (parakeet), and Sparky (dalmation puppy) [Posted in FML issue 1859]