On breeders: I'm reserving judgement on the Cole's. There is a lot of second, third and fourthhand "he said she said" floating around. If anyone knows the Cole's, I'd love to have them personally address some of the questions and concerns that have been brought up, because until this happens, we could go in circles on the FML conjecturing for months and months. Just my opinion, but it would probably be very much to their benefit to address the concerns of the ferret community in order to gain support for their efforts. At this point the entire situation with them becoming a large scale breeder can not be judged, it is far too early. I would like to know how they will help the shelters who will certainly get some of their breedings turned in after purchase. Will they financially help out? Will they accept returns and keep those ferrets lovingly until they can be sent to a new home? Responsible breeders on any level should find a way to provide for any life they create. Let's give them time to prove or disprove themselves and see how it pans out before we all start praising or condemning. A question on adrenal's: Has anyone noticed a correlation between "hyper" ferrets having a higher rate of adrenal disease than the mellower ones? Obviously this is very unscientific, just a personal observation we've made with our ferrets. I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if it's just a coincidence. Anne [Posted in FML issue 3210]