I think this list holds the only people who could understand how special this is to me: One of my fuzzies, Snoopy, has always been my problem child. He was a nipper from day one (and still bites my hubby - after stalking him ofcourse), he is afraid of outside, he's skinny, he has mucousy poop often, he's easily startled, the vaccum makes him catatonic with fear.... Well Snoopy has always dug in the clean litter pan and thrown the litter on the floor, we made him a rice box...he's the only one who won't use it! The other night he kept digging, I would say no, he'ld stop for a minute but once I relaxed he would do it again. Finally I decided to just take him out and try to distract him. HE LAY IN MY ARMS AND SNUGGLED FOR 30 MINUTES! This is amazing! He would never sit still for 5 minutes before. I am so thrilled, every night we spend some time with him relaxing with me. I don't know what aliens switched my troubled boy with this identical love bucket but I'm not complaining! The Farseer books "Assasin's Apprentice" etc by Robin Hobb, in the third book you meet a ferret who is able to communicate with people with a certain skill. These people usually bond with a special animal. Due to an evil prince (this is Fantasy/Sci Fi) his person "Big Ferret" has been killed and little ferret devotes himself to killing this prince. These books are very good if you like the genre, and with the recent talk about Anne McCaffrey and Pern it seems many do! Melissa and Meeko, Percy, Bear and Snoopy the Snuggle boy! [Posted in FML issue 2664]