To Anonymous Poster- The right number of ferrets is the number that you can afford to feed, provide veterinary care for, and clean up after. It varies from person to person. The one thing I would do, though, is decide as soon as you can if you want more. Many ferrets are happy being the only ferret in the home, but if you delay too long, Peanut may not be able to adjust to another ferret. After one of these critters steals your heart, it is difficult to resist adding "just one more", or you find yourself saying "Gee, that pair in the shelter that has to go together needs a home SO bad." This is known as Ferret Math. I went from four ferrets to seven in one month. Then we lost one to cancer, bringing me down to six. I then had a pair from a shelter given to me (one was deaf, and the other was her "hearing ear ferret"), two as gifts from a breeder, and another elderly rescue from one of my husband's coworkers. Thus my statement-- Ferret Math is the only place in the universe where 7-1=11! Melodyt and the nifty nine (Missing my bridge kids--Bruno, Frisky, and Ginger) [Posted in FML issue 3286]