Remember that the Feds have to recognize any such agency and its designation because this is a medical use. Here is the current effort to take away a huge range of service animals: <http://www.examiner.com/r-5958791~Definition_of__Service_Animal__Hotly_Debated__Monkeys__Horses__Birds___Oh_my_.html> Also: <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=48&entry_id=34117> <http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/01/department_of_justice_poised_t.php> <http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-ultimatedisablebox25-2009jan25> <http://www.star-telegram.com/855/story/1154286.html> and there are more It would pay to read some of the past posts on ferrets as service animals, to help those with autism (The name Sean Stout will help), and to detect seizures before they occur (The name Lucy Gwin will help search) in the FML Archives during the last 2 years and more: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.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 6228]