I posted a few weeks ago about a ferret in Lansdowne, PA, southwest of Philadelphia, who needs a home. He's a sable about 2 years old and already on his second owner (both young boys who have gotten bored or busy). No one responded, and the neighbor woman who called me to tell me about the ferret called again to say she's getting worried. She's a former ferret owner who rescues dogs, and she said when she first called that the family was "a bit rough" and had large dogs. Now she says that recently she has seen several people with pit bulls visiting the house. She is becoming worried that someone will offer to take the ferret but then only use him as "bait" because she's beginning to suspect her neighbors of being involved in dog fighting. She knows one of their close friends has begun breeding pit bulls. Both she and I are trying to contact the boy, and I will take the ferret to a shelter if no one offers to adopt him. I will certainly not allow him to stay in this home. I trust the judgement and experience of the woman who called me. I currently have 9 ferrets and am knee deep in preparations to sell our house and move to a smaller one. My husband would hang me if I brought the ferret home, I think. The ferret comes with a cage and when I originally talked to him the boy said he's very nice but his mother wants the ferret to go. Blessings Judith 610-446-8036 [Posted in FML issue 3322]