Please don't get angry at me for writing about this accident. It is really very sad. I just wanted to alert those of you who may not know about this problem. About a year and a half ago I owned a beautiful black-eyed white ferret named Klondike. She was full of life and love. She died when I decided to protect her from some chocolate that she and Blizzard had stolen from my bag. She had pulled the chocolate under my recliner (another mistake). When I moved the recliner to retrieve the candy, I accidently placed the chair on top of her. I thought that I had accounted for both ferrets and that it was safe to move the chair. I lost her because of that assumption. Anyway, that day I also got rid of the recliner and my sofa-bed. I now have "ferret safe" (I hope) furniture. Because of the accident, I also learned to place my ferrets in a safe place whenever I need to move furniture. I get their attention by using a loud squeaky toy. Once I have physically accounted for each and every one of them and they are all in a safe place, I then move the funiture. I suppose that I didn't believe that an accident like this could happen since I always tried to be careful. It does happen and it happens very quickly. Well, I just wanted to talk to people who would really understand what I feel. Please don't get too angry for my talking about such a sad topic. Many Dooks, Nancy and the ferretkids (Juneau, Blizzard, Yukon, and Simba) [Posted in FML issue 1900]