I know that in the area I live in that the law requires that you have a place for your animals to get out of the elements when necessary. We had to call the animal warden a few years back when our neighbors got a dog that they just tied up and left out all the time, they told them that the law required them to have a shelter for the animal to get out of the elements when needed. Hope it is the same for ferrets, but I'm not sure. Jan Dicken [Posted in FML issue 2457]