This weekend my fiance & I stopped by PetCo to look at collars for our puppy (he is rapidly outgrowing every one he's had). While there I decided to check in on the ferrets like I always do. I just want to make sure they are OK (food, water, healthy). The enclosure that this particular PetCo has is an octagonal-shaped glass enclosure (like an enormous aquarium) with a partition down the middle. On one side are ferrets and on the other side are chinchillas. This has always bothered me (hey ferret, look at all these juicy prey items over here), but this time I saw something kind of cute. A sweet little chocolate sable baby ferret had his little paws up on the glass, standing on his hind legs. On the exact opposite side, with his paws positioned exactly where the ferret's were, was a chinchilla standing on his hind legs. They were staring at each other like they were totally engrossed in the other's face (cross-species love?). The chin's nose was twitching like crazy. It was pretty adorable. ===== Aileen & the Herd The Ferrets: Slinky, Kyle, Noel, & Toby The Dogs: Rootie the beagle & Tank the GSD/basset Still missing Sandy & Gizmo. We love you. Check out the Herd's website at: http://www.geocities.com/anippy [Posted in FML issue 3306]