Hey Everyone, I have a suggestion on keeping your little ones cool. We have a swamp cooler located in the center of our house. It works very well...if we spent all of our time in the kitchen! Anyway, I found that if you put a box fan in the room that you keep your ferrets in, you can keep it cool. Make sure all other windows are closed in the house or apartment. What you have to do is place the fan in the ferret room window blowing out. It sucks the air out of the room and in turn draws the cool air from the cooling unit into the room. This works very well for us. Unfortunately some of the other bedrooms get a little warm, oh well...the ferrets are happy! This works for AC and the heater too. Also, anytime during the year, you can do this even when you have just the windows open for air. It constantly keeps fresh air circulating into the ferret room. There is virtually no ferrety smell in the room. Thought I'd share this with you guys! This works great for shelters too. Catherine&Sam Yada, Mitt, Teddy, Josie, Kirby, *Grace*, *Kit* [Posted in FML issue 2761]