I want to begin this post by saying that the article from Maggie Mae about stowing with 19 ferrets is the goofiest post I've ever read on this club. Now that that's out of the way... My ferret Kai, America's best traveled ferret who recently posted about his trip to Florida, has really pulled one this time. I want to see if anyone else's ferret has managed this one. I was lying on my bed talking to my boyfriend while Kai was running loose in the room. I knew he was in the bathroom. I heard him get into the garbage cans. But wait! Was that a drinking sound I heard? Where would he find water in there? I discovered him (get this): on the rim of the toilet. That is, he had somehow leaped onto the toilet rim, hung on with his claws, pulled himself up until he was on the rim so half his body was on the inside of the bowl and half on the outside. He was hanging there using his big fat butt for balance. But to reach the water he had to lean into the bowl so far that only his very back legs were keeping him from taking a swim. He hates baths, see, so falling in was unthinkable. But drinking from the toilet bowl was a thrill and a half. Has anyone else's ferret accomplished this feat? Now I have to keep the lid closed. [Posted in FML issue 1902]