Hi, We went to the pet store today,and one of the ferrets was soldduring the week, and there was a new baby one. They had a full bowl of food, water and a clean tank. The manager came over to us and I commented on the ferrets having food and water for a change. He said he actually fired one girl because she wasnt doing her job. He said we bugged him enough and he realized the animals were not taken care of. There is help wanted sign in the window. He also said he was brought to the store 2 months ago because it was not doing well. We asked why the ferrets are kept on hte floor where you cant see them although, they did have a sign on front of the tanks today "ferrets, 119.00". He said two baby ferrets came in yesterday, and one sold right away, Well,we ending up buying "Rosie" for 100.00, and she is now here with us. I,ll continue to check on the store . I,ll have to work on him putting the ferrets in a cage instead of a tank . The first night we had Rosuie, she would not eat the food we have,which is a mixture of Totally FERRET, iAMS KITTEN AND PROPLAN. We called the store the next morning and they feed them Marshalls Farm food. My husband went to get a small container,which they gave us for free when he explained the situation. We quickly gave her a full bowl expecting her to gobble it up, Instead, she sniffed it, pushed it around with her nose and walked away. about 3 minutes later, she was gobbling up the TF,Iams,Proplan mixture. I guess the Marshals food didn,t taste the samewithout the sawdust from the tank mixed in! Debbie [Posted in FML issue 3067]