Hi there - I don't know where you live, but is it possible for you to call your local Humane Society on the owner of the ferrets? I've never done it myself, so I don't know what might happen, but they at least might make the person give some real shelter to these ferrets. I only caught the last installment of their story, so I don't know if this has already been tried or not. You didn't hear this from me, but you could contemplate a ferretnapping....I know people have different philosophies of animal care, but there is a line, and I think these people might have crossed it. Let us know how it all comes out. Megan and the indoor three: Anastasia ("Wet? They got wet? What a nightmare!") Lexie ("Outside? What's outside?") Sammi ("Outside is the place on the other side of the window that smells soooo good...") -- "I do it for the joy it brings, because I'm a joyful girl." - Ani di Franco [Posted in FML issue 2455]