Here's an interesting add on to the thread.. In my instance, I knew I was a ferret owner when the wolf wouldn't leave me alone... At the college I attend (I commute because they do not allow pets), there was a presentation of Mission: Wolf awhile back. They actually bring in a wolf and allow her to walk among the audience and sniff people. well the day that this presentation occured, I had brought all three of my fuzzies to campus for a presentation on ferrets. Most of my friends and myself ended up carting one or more of my girls around with them for several hours. When we went to the Mission wolf event (ferrets safely tucked in at home), the wolf wouldn't leave us alone!! Apparently, wolves like the smell of ferret! Tricia and her three girls Bella, Shirley, and Kayla [Posted in FML issue 3261]