Hasn't the California industrial poultry farm industry (as opposed to smaller ones which do give space and fill needs) often been one of the big opponents to the legalization of ferrets in California? I seem to recall them in the grouping. They are saying that if Prop 2 goes through they will go bust. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/24egg.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 6134]