We tend to name from appearance (Ashling, Telemna, Morney), related things (Meltdown), sounds the ferret likes (Haleakala/ HalE, Ruffle), and behaviors (Warp, Whizbang, Hilbert -- because he maps things, Glueball -- who was the consummate well attached constant kisser). Here are pages of ferret names: http://www.weaselwords.com/page/ferret_names.php http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/namelists/a/namesferr.htm http://www.ferretvillage.org/show.php?page=names http://www.hugawoozel.com/ferretnames.html http://www.ferret.org.au/names.php http://www.pet-names.biz/ferret-names.html http://www.petnamezone.com/ferret-pet-names.html Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5837]