SG- was unable to email you as you posted anonymously. please feel free to email me personally, but I feel okay posting my message to you here. >Anyway, I urgently need advice on living with a ferret in CA - if anyone >could offer any anonymously, perhaps. My primary concern is how I will >take her to a vet when need be. Are there any secretly ferret-friendly >veterinarians in the Los Angeles area and how might I find out about them? My boyfriend has 4 ferrets and we live in N. CA. He has a vet who has several ferret clients and they love treating the little guys. Now, they are not ferret experts, so we do a lot of research and pass along info, but they're pretty good vets. When he was trying to find a vet for him he did call one place and they said "We don't treat ferrets! They're illegal!!" and hung up on him. But you can always call anonymously and ask- the worst they can do is say no. As far as vets in S. CA go, try looking at this website: http://www.ferretsanon.com/ It looks like they're working on a vet directory, but in the meantime, I'd try emailing some of the people who maintain the website (email addresses are on the site) to ask them who they use- the organization is based in S. Cal, so some of them may be your neighbors! Good luck, Jaime [Posted in FML issue 3211]