Have your friend contact the Hillsborough County Animal Services and/or the Pinellas County Animal Services. Or, check out the Petfinder website. http://tampaanimalcontrol.com/hillsborough-county.html http://www.pinellascounty.org/animalservices/default.htm <http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?animal_type=Small&pet_breed=Ferret&location=32778&startsearch=Search> In the last three years, I adopted five Fuzzy Bratz, from the Lake County Animal Services. My latest adoptee, Spencer Neufert, is blind, deaf, underweight and has Advanced Adrenal Disease. In the last three weeks, he gained eight ounces, from one pound ten ounces to two pounds two ounces. <http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/departments/conservation_and_compliance/animal_services/> Smiles, Arlena [Posted in FML 7455]