To the woman who suggested the rice sand box...I AM FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT... I bow to you..I will look back for your note to me and privately worship you via e-mail. He had what appeared to be this incredible look of wonder on his sweet little face..he dived right in and looked up at me as if to say..really , this is mine..all mine,,AND I CAN DIG IN IT????!!! he went ballistic..war dancing and dooking all over it..digging and burying his face and half his body..all I could see were to little ears..THE CATS APPROACHED THE BOX to seee what the commotion was..boy was that a mistake, he lunged , sunk in the rice and did a back flip, he recovered quite nicely as he lept out of HIS box and chased the cats down the hall..and then he ran back into the kitchen and litterally dove into the box..he cant seem to leave it for very long. He has no inclination (yet) to eat it...I dont think he will.. i dont think my plants are out of the woods yet..I dont think anything can really replace dirt for diggin' in..so I will keep them up. And again to the woman who suggested this Idea, If I cant find your email address.,.i thank you so much..CHANDLER dooks to you..and gives you happy little fert kisses. June Niko, Chandler.."this is so cool, and it's mine mine mine all MINE [Posted in FML issue 2529]