Hi all, We acquired a new one year old off white male ferret yesterday, the previous owner (a 12 year old girl) was feeding him table scraps and once in a while some cat food (adult/generic). He is very thin and underweight. That's not a problem as the last two we got came in the same state and they are now doing fine. That puts us at 6 ferrets, (in order of seniority), George, Cinders, Lick, Sassy, Trixe, and now Silver. Wish us Luck getting him fat again. And there is one major difference on this ferret. He is an intact male (unspayed). Is there anything we have to do special for him? (Health wise)? He was known to be aggressive over food (his last cage mate died of malnutrition, but do you blame the guy given what he was being feed?). He showed some signs of being hostile at very first, but has become a great lap ferret in just a few hours. It will be a couple of days before we let the kids handle him, and a few weeks before we put in him in a cage with any of the rest of our ferret (two weeks enough for a quarantine?) But we have handle problem ferrets before, Silver should be just fine. Of the 6 he is the only one calm enough to fall asleep in your lap. The rest want to play way too much. Progress reports will be posted when something is to report. Laters... -- Dwayne Miller [log in to unmask] BTW: what Should a intact male about 1 year old weigh? Does it depend on length? I can measure him, but not weigh him at this time. I am planning to find a scale to use so we can mark his progress. [Posted in FML issue 2954]