hi, judy... we also did not have air in this house here in mid ohio...and even though we are surrounded by trees too...the house was unbearable... what we finally did was get a used window a/c unit from a second had store...or you can look in the newspaper.. and put it in the main room the ferrets are in...it only cost $100.00, which is a lot of $$ to us... but it was to save my babies' lives...so we MADE the money...no!!..didn't counterfeit it!!!...we just used it and paid bills with what was left...:) it is not a big a/c, but does the job of colling the room, and with the help of fans, too...it cools a good part of the downstairs...you don't need anything big enough to make the whole house cold...just enough to 'cool' where the ferrets are... hope this helps, Judy, and anyone else that may have this problem... HUGS!!! kat p.s....it is breaking my heart lately to read this FML...all the fuzzies going to the rainbow bridge...and sick...please all of you know that my heart and prayers are with you...and i, too, cry over every one of them... === "http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/2396/index.html" RASCAL~my cinnamon...my first~*~SASSY~my lady~*~WOLFIE~my sweetest boy!!!~*~ MONKEY(SHINE)~my "blaze" wild man!!!~*~FEIVEL~my new Sterling Silver~*~ MEEJA~my new sable maniac woman!!!~*~CHASE~my new DEW lady~*~ ARMAND~my new sable gentleman~*~Remembering Marcel...how we loved him! [Posted in FML issue 2764]