Critterpen writes: >For the rest of her six years, Hilfy would not go outside. She only went >if she was in a carrier and safe from "the hawk in the sky". I take my kids out for 'adventures' sometimes. Not just for their regular walk around the yard, but put 'em in their carriers and go out to a meadow or the woods, etc. (harnesses on, of course, and very carefully). One time I took them to the beach, and little Timmy got one glimpse of that big expanse of blue ocean -- turned around and ran for his life. It's not easy for a ferret to scamper up beach sand, but he flew :> He would never go near the water again. [Posted in FML issue 2076]