We have 2 ferrets at our place - Hjalmar (an exceedingly stupid but
friendly 3 pound, 2 year old male), and Fritter (a very smart 2 pound
3 year old female).  A few weeks ago we lost Hale to an illness that she
had been fighting for several months -- she was over 7 (we have no idea
what her real age was as she was purchased as an adult -- she may have
been as old as 9).
 
As only one room in our place is ferret-proofed our guys only have
unsupervised access to that room.  When we're gone they have a very large
custom built ferret house that is enough of a den that they will stop
any fighting they have been doing when they are put in it.
 
We would be interested in a ferret mailing list.  I know of one other
ferret person on the net ihnp4!tektronix!videovax.tek.com!shuju
(Shu-Ju Wang-Burgess).  Her husband Mark is a vet.
 
I won't go into any strange ferret stories -- yet.
 
Steve & Sukie Crandall
ihnp4!mhuxt!evans
 
(in New Jersey)
                                                                          
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