I mentioned a couple of days ago, that the 10 furry bundles of joy were temporaily housed in my son's bathroom while their room got new paint and a new floor. All that had been the original plan, but became even more urgent to do, to sell this behemoth, and get another behemoth with more room for my furry little Masters and Mistresses! Yes, I am a ferret slave. Well while in the bathroom they learned they could access the counter around the sink. Since they are free roaming, in 3 shifts at the moment 24 hours a day, they caused all kinds of bathroom havoc. I'd been prepared for enough of it that they didn't hurt themselves or anything else, but they still learned to turn the water on. Yesterday morning I came into the bathroom to find all the towels but one in the sink and the water on. Last night their room got entirely aired out from the chemicals used to glue the new lino down and from the paint drying. I also rearranged the ferret proofed futon and TV stand (this was once a kid TV room) so they had more sheer romping space. Finally, I cycled the toys and introduced the nice cardboard tube the lino came on. They seem to like it! They all danced like maniacs, climbed the cages, shot through all the tubes, carried around the new toys and collasped in the box of shredded paper! If I can make ferrets happy, who cares about anything else! Ann [Posted in FML issue 2558]