I am currently a mother of two lovely ferrets, Belle and Tigger.  I wanted
to inform you that I was distressed to say the least to hear of your
article that was written in your magazine about ferrets.  This article is
not accurate and gives the impression that a cat would make a much better
and safer pet than a ferret.  This could not be further from the truth.
You see I have the right to speak on this subject because I have been
fortunate enough to own two ferret and unfortunate enough to have owned two
cats in the past.  The first cat that I owned was pleasant enough but was
very boring.  The second cat I rescued was plain evil.  I named him Baby
but shortly after changed his name to Dick.  I could not enter my home with
out being attacked.  He would stand right in front of the door with
everyone, not just me and if we dared to enter he would attack in a vicious
way to include our blood.  He would hide behind furniture and attach
himself to your arm, back, leg, anything and bit hard and scratch.  The
result was several trips to the hospital for stitches.  He lasted 9 months
and was taken to a shelter.  My father however wanted to take him to the
Chinese restaurant down the street.  To hear you speak about ferrets I know
that you have never owned one and properly never been in contact with one.
I personally would never comment on a subject that I knew nothing about
especially if I knew thousands of readers would have access to it.
However, if I was foolish enough to make this mistake I would redeem myself
with this injustice on ferrets and print a refraction that same week
correcting my ignorance.  There are also ferret shelters across the nation,
there are thousands of vets that specialize in ferret care to include
initial and updated rabies shots, distemper shots, general and special
care.  Ferrets are very smart (smarter than any cat I know), playful,
lovable, cuddly, clean and give their family (owners) attention.  In fact
ferrets are kept indoors and not known for killing birds, moles, and other
small possibly diseased animals bringing their rotting corpses home to your
front door for children to plan with.  You may want to start educating
yourself on ferrets starting with www.ferret.org and I will start paying
less attention to all articles in general because you have cast a huge
doubt on the creditability of writers in general.  The above is merely my
opinion......Anna Curry, Belle, & Tigger, [log in to unmask]
[Posted in FML issue 2455]