DF- Believe me I understand your fears but me clarify some things, Mike does not breed ferrets. He said to me that he dabbled in it years ago but too many problems. There is no nursery that I am aware of. There also is no front porch cage. The set up I saw was cages in the trees firmly attached from what I could see and tubes leading from the house to the trees and cages. He uses a misting set up and fans. The fans are commercial fans, the water mists the ferrets and the fans blow air on to them. The ferrets also have the option of going in to the house out of the heat but he told me they hardly ever go in. The day that I was there was about 80 degrees and all the ferrets were either sleeping or running through the tubes. Some of the ferrets that I saw did have a similar hair pattern and the coats rough. But I also saw Marshall ferrets. I will agree with you although that this may not be the best hygiene set up believe me I am a clean freak. But I really truly believe that those pet store ferrets would be better off at Mike's house. At least they would be able to move around almost freely (tubes). And they would be with other ferrets if they got along. I am afraid that the store would untimely return these ferrets to the breeder who would put them down by using a gun I was told this by the ex-store employee. She had been taking care of a sick rabbit from the same breeder and one day when she came in to work the rabbit was gone, the manager said the breeder replaced him with another well one. My friend called the breeder to get the rabbit back because she wanted him and the breeder told her he had been killed. So it has come to this, either wait until the store does something stupid like sending them to their death bed with the breeder, me step in and put them some place where I know they would not be killed or have animal control step in when there is another bite and immediately put them down. DF - I agree with you that this is not the dream place for these ferrets, but If you can tell me where else I could get these guys to I would GLADLY do so!!!! People I am in the AMES Iowa area If ANYONE can take these biters (3) one REALLY BAD I would be more than happy to help transport. Candi - 515-292-1260 MY HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE ALL'S I WANT IS A BETTER LIFE FOR THESE GUYS. [Posted in FML issue 3140]