-- FMLers, Just thought I'd let you know about another lesson learned about owning a ferret(which you know they often teach us something new everyday). Since I owned two dogs and a cat before a ferret I had a pet door put in that would allow the cat to go down in the basement to use his litterbox and the older dog who has lost some bladder control a warm place to sleep at night without ruining our carpet. Well yesterday Lily (Our little one) after almost a year of watching other animals go thourgh a door into a room she had not been permitted decided to see what the big deal was. I had just went down to clean up and as usual may faithful poodle went down with me. Now I had noticed that Lily was starting to want to be everywhere we were(which after a year of trying to get her to trust people again, she was abused by previous owners)but never thought she even knew how the door worked(wrong!!!). So to make a long story short after a few minutes I turned around and there she was looked right up at me and tooked off to explore this new space. I have never been so frighten in my life I was afraid she would get into something and that part of the house had not been ferret-proofed. So I just wanted to share this with anyone who may have these types of doors (some may even go outside) to watch out and protect those little fuzzies. Rhonda Smith & my little teacher Lily [Posted in FML issue 1918]