Laura Herrick, my sympathies on the loss of your little guy.  How old was
he?  And you don't know what happened?  That must make it even harder.
 
Tracy Baker, I agree with you IN PRINCIPLE.  However, I can't agree with the
idea of aiming a shotgun at ANYONE, much less some kind of g-man.  No matter
how wrong, stupid, and heinous they are, you must not sink to their level.
Also, using firearms or other violence hurts our cause, IMHO.  Nevertheless,
like you, I would certainly NEVER hand my babies over to any of those guys.
If I knew there was any chance of them being confiscated, you can bet they
would be outta here and safely hidden.  Then when the jerks came to collect
them, I would say that they ran away and I had no idea where they were.  Go
ahead!  Search the house!  Ain't no ferrets here!  Ferret Undeground, anyone?
 
BTW, in my brief experience with ferrets, I did adopt a pair of sweeties
that had spent very little time out of their cage.  Chip, a gorgeous BEW,
was definitely fat.  However, after a month of daily time out of his cage,
chasing cats and weasel dancing my husband whenever he irons, Chip has
slimmed down just fine.  Hasn't learned to iron, though.
 
Kat
[Posted in FML issue 1601]