I was reading about what to do to help ferrets when you're driving without air conditioning, etc. and thought you all might enjoy an amusing story about that. When we had our ferret fun day here in Pittsburgh, it was pretty hot. Not bad at all in the shade, but warm. On the way home we put a ziplock bag of ice cubes on the top (outside) of the carrier we had them in. We put them in the pack of the pickup truck (with cap) and left for home. When we got home, I was mobbed by three ferrets intent on *leaping* out of the carrier. Apparently water condensed on the inside top of the carrier and rained down on the ferrets!! O_O They were soaking wet. I'm still not sure if maybe the bag had a little hole in it and part of the water was from leakage, but they were pretty darned wet. Heh. If I use ice to cool ferrets again, I'll probably put it on the floor under a blanket to absorb the wetness. It did keep them cool, but I suspect they were cussing me out in ferret lingo the whole way home. :) --Barb-- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- Barbara Carlson Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA [log in to unmask] Work: (412) 268-1342 Home: (412) 481-5927 http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/bcarlson/home.html (under construction) Thought for the day: If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting! -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- [Posted in FML issue 2011]