>I have been weighing the consequences buying a ferret, and so far I
>have come up with a negative conclusion.... Are ferrets really worth all of
>the effort, and money you need to invest?
 
Yes.
 
Spend 20 minutes sitting on the floor and playing with someone's ferret.
You'll be a changed person.  :) Really, though, they *are* a lot of work, but
they're so sweet & funny!  When we let them out we call it "Ferret TV" ...
better than any TV show going.  They're naughty but so adorable you forgive
them immediately.  And not all ferrets have health problems -- lots of cats
and dogs have problems, too.  We just talk about it more because the
knowledge isn't out to all the vets and sometimes the owner has to teach the
vet!  They're so trusting and innocent ... I think it triggers strong
maternal instinct in men as well as women.  They trust you, they rely on
you, and they love you.
 
--Barb--
[Pepper, Max, Cal, Bumper, Katie and Gypsy]
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Barbara Carlson                   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
[log in to unmask]           Work: (412) 268-1342 Home: (412) 481-5927
 http://www.gsia.cmu.edu/andrew/bcarlson/home.html (under construction)
Thought for the day:
    If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting!
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[Posted in FML issue 1842]