This is in response to the part of Josh Wolf's post about ferrets being comforting and compassionate: I've being going through a really emotionally rough time lately, and as i said in my last post my ferts are temporarily living in a different building than me. Today I was a mess and just wanted to be away from people. I made the trek across campus and visited my girls, and I can't tell you how much better they made me feel! They gave my kisses and actually let me cuddle them, and we went for a nice long walk (with a stop inside the student union--it's snowy here!). Ferrets can definitely tell when something's up with their human-- Illura will actually lick up my tears and clean my eyes if i'm crying. Lola was content to just snuggle inside my fleece and be close to me. They're wonderful, aren't they? Rachel and the monsters [Posted in FML issue 3299]