http://fboga.blogspot.com/ The Sukie's Souk earrings have ear wires that are gold plate over surgical steel, so safe for those folks who have nickel allergies. YES! YOU CAN BID SAFELY! (Unless asked otherwise my earrings usually are all on gold plated surgical steel, or straight surgical steel ear wires, though I have made some on sterling silver ones, with all of those materials coming from Fire Mountain Gems, so you know they are reliable. What typically gets people in trouble are metals that look like silver but actually high in nickel, or plating over high nickel metals.) 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/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6694]