Good Morning Ferret Land!!!
                If this worked (please, oh please) I am now on the ML for
the first time.
 
[*Every* issue of the FML says, in *two* places, *exactly* where to send
an article to the FML.  Neither one of the two addresses you used are the
right one....]
 
                  Being new to the idea of E-mail I am not sure if this
worked or not.  I live in Beliot, Wisconsin with my furry friends Crimson
and Clover.  Being relatively new to the happy go lucky world of Ferrets I
have a couple kof questions / problems which I could use some advice on.
The first of these is a nutrition question.  Crimson (a twelve week old
albino) has this thing about oranges.  She thinks they are the greatest
thing since sliced bread.  Since citric acid is fairly strong I wanted to
check and make sure that it was OK to give them to her as a treat.  Also in
reguards to nutrition and Crimson, we live kin a small apartment with one
roommate and a large cat.  All of us seem to get along quite well which is
good.  However, since the cat is quite obeese we have taken to feeding her
the Iams for less active cats.  In order to cut down on cost we are also
feeding the ferret the same thing.  Is this allright?  I wouldn't be so
concerned except that she is quite young and I wouldn't want to deprive her
of necessary nutrition.  While we are on the subject of immature fuzzies I
wonder if anyone has any sugestions as to the most effective way to
housebreak a Ferret.  I want to let her roam free around the apartment when
she gets older but I found with Clover (1 1/2 year old sable) that they are
hard to housebreak and a pain to clean up after.
                I have greatly enjoyed reading the stories and songs which
other owners have presented to this list.  It is nice to know that there are
so many FOF's (friends of ferrets) out there.  A final problem which someone
might be able to help me with is that of the escape from alcatraz.
Wisconsin is a ferret safe zone however, Massachusettes isn't.  Over
Christmas I was required to fly out to Mass to visit with the fam.  I had
to bring Clover with me.  While at Ohare airport in Chicago I was told that
airlines are no longer aloud to take ferrets on planes either as pets or as
cargo.  According to new FAA regulations the only way in which ferrets could
fly was as air freight.  Because I was already stuck at the airport the
people at United were able to make some sort of an allowance and Clover got
on the plane with me.  On the way back from Boston, though, I was told
repeatedlky by both United and American Airlines that the animal could only
go as freight and even that was impossible due to the bitter cold weather.
Clover is now trapped in a ferret free zone and is staying with a friend and
his furry friend.  If anyone knows of a way which I could use to break
Clover out of that alcatraz like prison which we know as Massachusetts I
would appriciate the information greatly.  That's all for now I hope that my
next submission will be more uplifting.
 
                                                Respectfully Yours,
                                                                Chris
                                                        Crimson and Clover
 
[Posted in FML issue 0720]