Hi, I'm a new subscriber to the list. My name is Lisa and I live in New Zealand. Ferrets aren't particuarly well known (or sometimes well liked) animals to keep as pets here. I have 2 ferts. Both are females, Stella is a 9 month old sable and Aspen is a 4 month old cinnamon. Both are so much fun I can't imagine life without ferrets. My flatmates tolerate them and I imagine the neighbours think we're a bit odd. In the weekend Stella escaped (through the cat flap that my flatmate had opened to let the cat out). The next door neigbour came running up the back steps to advise us that she had a gatecrasher at her party next door. I went over to the party and no-one there would go anywhere near Stella to pick her up. They were basically standing on their chairs. I laughed so hard I could hardly blame Stella. She couldn't figure out why they didn't want to play with her. [Posted in FML issue 2967]