I may have a bit of a dilemma. The house I currently rent (I'm a college student) seems to have an infestation of rats. Seeing as i live in the city and sort of in the slums, this isn't really too much of a surprise. I keep my ferrets cage at the top of the basement stairs. My roommates are convinced that we have rats as a result of the ferrets and the ferrets food. I have tried telling them that this really isn't the case, and i'd like somebody else's opinion on the matter. They think that the food attracts them, yet the bags of food do not look like there have been rats in it. The rat that my roomie spotted was in our living room, and it ran towards the basement door, and then back over to the fireplace and up it. She took the trip to the basement door as meaning that it was trying to get to the ferrets and/or the ferrets food. Please help me set them straight. You can email me directly at [log in to unmask] thanx brenda, the two rugrats, and the real rats [Posted in FML issue 2525]