I see your rats and raise you ferrets. The owner of Cragside House in Northumberland [0] used his hunting ferrets to install under-floor cables in 1880 (or so)

I see your rats and raise you ferrets. The owner of Cragside House in Northumberland [0] used his hunting ferrets to install under-floor cables in 1880 (or so). This was preferable to ripping up the extensive wooden floors. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside