>Hagen makes a water bottle called Cascade. the two largest sizes have >spring loaded ball bearings, which are too stiff for ferrets to work. Even over in New Zealand I can agree with that. When their old water bottle broke, I went to buy a new one. Found one that even had a ferret on it! Hurray I thought. Got it home, set it up. Watched then try frantically to get water out. Thought they just weren't used to it. Got it out.. That spring is stiff! Whats more, it's recommended for even smaller animals! There is no way anyone can expect a small animal to get enough, if any, water out of one of those things. But of course, a lot of people are going to buy it, because it's got the animal of the package. On a side note.. After extensive testing of wheatgerm oil (our equivelent of Ferretone) on tummies, we have concluded that ferrets are really the evolved form of rugs. Just look at em on thier backs, limbs flat to thier sides. Just think, if you were a rug that had legs, head and tail, how would you act? *grin* - Reet [Posted in FML issue 2822]