Hey everybody! I recently discovered two cleaning tools that may be of interest to shelters in particular (get your holiday wish list ready!). Eureka (the vacuum company) makes both of them. The first item is the Enviro Steamer- it is a steamer vacuum made specifically to clean bare floors (e.g. sealed hardwood, linoleum, etc.). It cleans and sanitizes using only hot steam, no chemicals. The second item is the Hot Shot, a hand held steamer that you can use to sanitize just about anything (cages, litter pans, fabric bedding, etc.) again using only hot steam. The floor cleaner is around $100, and the hand held is about $80. Naturally, I had to go and buy both, and I love them! My ferret room smelled so much cleaner after I steamed the floor. You can check these things out at the Eureka home page (http://www.eureka.com), and they're sold at a number of chain stores. I also found them on-line at http://www.allergyasthmatech.com/ourproducts/comp.htm. My only advice- if you're looking into the Enviro Steamer, make sure that you get the Deluxe version. It's the newer model with a square head instead of the older one which has rounded front edges (the Deluxe model gets into the corners much better). Disclaimer- I don't work for any of the above folks. I'm just a cleaning freak! Happy ferreting, Gina Hart/Sage Ferrets http://www.geocities.com/sageferrets [Posted in FML issue 2865]