Hi, my name is Paul, and this is my first post to the FML, which I've been enjoying greatly for the past month. A brief intro: I'm not a ferret owner myself -- yet. My Significant Other has two furkids, though (plus a collie and Rottweiler who wouldn't dream of being rough with their little fuzzy siblings), by the name of Al & Peggy. Al's an albino with one eye (We never did figure out what damaged the other one -- he's doing just fine) and Peggy's a dark-eyed white. They're both coming up on 8 years old, and are as healthy as they can be -- and certainly typical ornery carpet sharks! I'd have to do some serious rearranging of my house before I'd want to adopt my own fuzzies, but Al & Peggy -- and FML -- are going a long way in convincing me to become a Daddy of my own. Just a matter of time. At any rate, the main reason I'm posting was to comment on Ilena's suggestion on picking up some miniature sleeping bags for the furkids -- this is a great idea! It got me to thinking about something similar: I can remember as a kid that department stores used to have small replicas of camping tents -- with zippered entrance flaps, windows with rain flaps, support tubing, the whole nine yards -- for display. Wouldn't these be good for ferrets as well? All you'd have to do is tie the doors open. I don't know if they still have these things or not (then again I haven't shopped for camping equipment lately). Just a thought. Paul E. Jamison, Esq. (Check out my Rainbow Bridge story -- Hi, Skeeter! -- at my home page: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/7256 More stories to come!) -- "BABYLON 5! A five-mile long cement mixer of truth, pouring out the Concrete of Nice-Nice in a long, grey ribbon into the future, to form a ***SIDE WALK OF JUSTICE!!***" - The Tick on Babylon 5 [Posted in FML issue 2601]