OK you experinced ferret people out there... Anchoring the litterbox to the cage seems to be the desired method of keeping it in place. My future ferret has turned into two. I thought we'd be resistant to ferret math. Who us? The people who don't do anything pet-wise without knowing EVERYTHING? Naw, ferret math won't affect us until we have had ours for a year... Yeah sure. Ferret math has struck even before our little one has come to us. The worst part is it was encouraged by my SO - and he was the confirmed skeptic!!!! Yes we are getting two... Back to litter box anchoring. We've selected a lovely home, a Kritter Kage "The Barn" model and plan to use a litter box with a cut down front on the first floor. You may have to use your imagination for the next part... I'd like to make two little side by side slits (about 1/2" apart) in strategic places in the back and one corner of the litter box and use velcro straps attached to each other and run through these slits to anchor the box to the outside of the mesh of the cage. This would effectivly keep the box in the corner but make it possible to remove for cleaning. My concern is, will a ferret using the box see the little black non stick sides of the velcro straps, even though they are anchored tightly, become distracted from pooping and try to pull them through? Can a ferret pull apart velcro? I was going to put the straps low on the box and keep them short to prevent them from being pulled into the cage and into the box and eaten from the inside. I don't want to use zip ties because you'd have to cut them if you wanted to scrub the box. I want to know, am I having a clever idea or a dumb one. Don't laugh <g> About that ferret named Meltdown... Dare I ask, where did the name come from? Does Meltdown have a buddy named Fuelrod? Also, does TF or any other good food tend to go rancid if stored out of the fridge? It is pretty high in fat. A friend of mine made some cat crunchies from scratch once from a pet cookbook. Her cats liked 'em, my cats didn't - but our dog went nuts for them. Seems you could make ferret crunchies and really control the amount of grain and additives if you had a lot of time on your hands. Anyone have a recipe? About a month 'till ferret ownership and counting down... ADP [Posted in FML issue 1888]