We refrigerate any food which do not have strong preservatives and will be here longer than 2 or 3 months. It's just a precaution which seems logical. After hearing Austin's story Steve says we should consider a ceiling fan -- but make sure that it is one strong enough for us to hand toilet paper dispensers and rolls from so that the ferrets have a sort of warped version of a maypole to play with. Can't you just see them now? Yes, the Churches ARE writing a sitcom (I have on great authority -- a creature with five eyeballs, fog horn nose, and purple hair who flies in through the drier duct at 3:11 a.m. sharp every third Tuesday.) and I have JUST the right anatomically correct name for it, taken right from the names of the major players: The ElBo Show. Have not tried Cheweasel just saw an ad for it in the FA Newsletter (We are out-of-state contributors.) which listed [log in to unmask] as their address. Could the latest dog in park incident have been avoided by having harnesses with leashes on the ferrets and having only one at a time out of the carrier. Better than endangering a dog... [Posted in FML issue 1919]