for the cat, he couldn't run that fast.  If the cat became sufficiently annoyed with him, he would just get up and trot off somewhere that Smokey couldn't get to.  I did see Smokey actually tackle the cat, though.

Smokey was laying on the floor, seemingly minding his own business and along came the cat.  Smokey suddenly (I've never seen him move so fast!) jumped up, grabbed the cat by the scruff of the neck and pulled him over!  The cat just laid there, totally stunned!  Smokey then jumped up on the cat and laid on him, as though pinning him there!

After several seconds, the cat came to his senses and just got up, dumping Smokey to the floor.  He then jumped up on a chair (the cat knows which ferrets can get to which places--and knows Smokey would never be able to climb up on that chair!), to wait for me to open the back door so he could escape outside!

Smokey wasn't exactly the smartest ferret that I have in the house, though.  He was very unoriginal when it came to hiding places.  Most of my ferrets have found at least one place to hide where I can't find them, when its bedtime.  As a result, those ferrets have gotten the extra fun of staying out for the entire night, until I found them the next morning.  On the bad side for them, I don't leave food out at night (though water is always available), so they tend to get hungry (this guarantees that they will come out looking for me the next morning!).

Smokey never found a secret hiding place.  When it was time for bed, even my daughter could find him with no trouble!  He also was never very slick when trying to steal another ferret's snack.  If a ferret was eating a snack and Smokey was heading towards