Well, Tabitha is now hiding. Morrow is skinny as a rail (eating her duck soap tho) and Tabitha is hiding. Good, gosh, they ALL go in and out of the cabinets! They have learned how to get behind the dishwasher, climb up from the cabinet into the silverware drawer, make a hidey hole under the "sink" (through the cabinets) and Tabitha...ONLY Tabitha decides she is going to make the cabinet her new hotel..... She went in yesterday morning. All day I could hear her playing back there (of course minus her "rest times"). Scratch, scratch, moving objects around. Around 2:00 I started to get worried. Kept calling her to come out. She wouldn't. Even tried bribing her with ferretone. Nope. Ok, so last evening we pulled the dishwasher out. (By then I was near losing it!) To my surprise, Tabitha has since departed and is hiding somewhere else. But, I did get to see what is so fasinating about behind the dishwasher! I found a full packet of Reece's peanutbutter candies neatly in one corner. (Bag open, but all accounted for). I found a toy, that to this day I will NEVER be able to figure out how they got it in there, laying beside the candies. I found several "notes" that have disappeared, several pieces of dog food, a spoon and a new litter *box*. And all this time they had me fooled into believing they were "litter trained". ;) At this point I have no idea where Tabitha is hiding now. But, I did notice fresh poop beside the couch this morning when I left. :o Morrow is eating her duck soup. THIS makes me feel so good, except I keep expecting her little tummy to at least stick out a little after eating! She's eating a good bit, I believe, and after done she goes through her routine of wiping her mouth on the rug. (It's cute to watch!) I honestly believe that Morrow, (who I have now come to the conclusion is extremely intelligent) decided that "she had better eat" because she knew if she didn't, that her mommy would scruff her and put the little baby spoon of duck soup in her regardless. Two times scruffing and she decided to eat on her own! Right now, my biggest moment of happiness will be, to see Morrow back to her wardancing self! Karen Morrow - "Mommy, STOP, NO! <grit teeth> I will NOT open my mouth, GULP, YUKKKKK, hey? that doesn't taste bad...can I have just a little?" Tabitha - "This is FUN, - I fooled Mommy, I fooled Mommy!....hey, I'm getting a little hungry.....Mommy? MOM!? Bubba - "I am and will continue to be, the ultimate CARPET SHARK!" Hopps - "I luv it when Mommy cuddles me, lick, lick, I *luv* you too Mommy!" Samantha - "Mom? What are you doing? Can I come up? Mom, ok, let ME type now!" Daisy - "Let's see, Mommy's got the diswasha open again....Gonna go play in it, gonna go play!" [Posted in FML issue 2024]