I forgot. 5-6 years ago, before I bought our house, we lived in a mobile home and had to evacuate because of a tornado heading our way. At that time I had 30+ free roam ferrets. It took us 15 minutes to round up everyone in 6 carriers with food/water and blankies. Would have been less time if I'd had carriers set up ahead of time. There were 4 of us stuffing ferrets in carriers and I was the only one that knew who everyone was so it took a bit longer because I had to check who was in what carrier and make sure the singles didn't get stuffed in with the bullies, but when time is in a crunch it wouldn't have made any difference as long as everyone was in the carriers. So for a time schedule this might give you an idea of how long it might take. We made it to the shelter in plenty of time and the tornado went right over us but didn't touch down so the trailer was fine. I learned from this experience that when time is of the essence, don't worry about who goes in which carrier, just stuff. Keep an accurate count and recount before walking out the door. Have someone (one person) loading the kennel and have them keep count too. You can never have too many counters (people counting that is). While someone is recounting you can be checking all those out of the way hidey holes to make sure no one is hiding. Hugs. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 2815]