A recent posting by tigger included some ferret resources.
Some additional ferret resources:
The California Domestic Ferret Association
P.O. BOX 1868
Healdsburg, CA 95448
(707) 431-2277
        No. Cal branch (916) 275-8058
        Cent. Cal branch (707) 642-3870
        So. Cal branch (714) 797-5720
 
Gainesville Ferret Meisters Club
Rich or Carol Hill at (904) 466-4098 or 332-4357
(this Florida group reportedly has one of the finest ferret newsletters
around)
 
International Ferret Association (IFA)
P.O. Box 522
Roanoke, VA 24003
(703) 343-5889 or 344-3539
 
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)
N. Marshall Meyers, Counsel
1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 452-1525
(PIJAC has extensive files on ferrets and is actively involved in
legal support of ferret ownership)
 
Cheap Thrills for ferrets
 
Toss a ping pong ball on a tile floor and watch a ferret hockey game
break out!
 
Open one end of a bar soap package, remove the soap, and toss the
empty package in their cage.
 
Any cardboard tube about 2" in diameter or greater is a fun toy.
 
Not so cheap thrills...
We bought the big orange ball from Ferret World and toss in the old
ping pong ball occasionally to amuse the guys.
 
We bought some 8' sections of 4" diameter plastic pipe from a
hardware outlet.  Instant tunnel.  Actually, this pipe was cheap.
 
There is a rubber foot squeaky toy that we use to recall the animals.
The sound drives them crazy and they come to it instantly.  We keep
it handy in the event they ever get outside (but we take great pains
to ensure that never happens).
 
[My sister-in-law has a rubber squeaky "newspaper" which is very effective
at calling any ferret.]
                                                                          
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