Howdy from Eden & the Boys in seattle Bill & I took our first vacation without the boys last weekend & left them in the care of their Auntie Lara for a few days. Boy did they have a great time, not only does lara have carpets to roll & dig on (unlike the hardwood floors at home) but she even has a cat for them to terrorize. We're talking Club Med for ferrets here! Lem, who almost never does the weasel wardance was bouncing all over & having a great time when we left, enjoying the carpet textures and new environment, while Misha chased poor Cruella (the cat) from one end of her apartment to the other & back. Don't worry the cat had fun too, If they slept too long, she'd tap them with a paw gently to wake up & play with her... gotta reccomend a vacation for the ferrets every once in a while, to perk them up & give them a change of venue. I had more seperation anxiety than they did! Also, we discovered a new toy this last week: an empty cardboard egg carton! Misha loves it, he bites & ches on it, sticks his nose down into the depressions & trys to stash it under the couch. As alway's he's a cheap date! Note that if you want to try this, we consider this a supervision only toy since a ferret could get their head stuck through one of the openings pretty easily. but hey, it was free & it makes him a happy weasel which is of course the number one goal in life. Eden and her 3 guys: Misha, Lemke & Bill (the human one) [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1999]