Hi. We have been ferret owners for about 6 weeks now. The 1st was a present for my daughter for Christmas. And you know what happened then... Of course he needed a playmate! So I got one for my birthday... Is this the ferret math I've been reading about? They are both males from Petco, 12 and 8 weeks old. I think mine is deaf. I have corresponded with Wolfy, and visited the deaf ferret website, and got a lot of good info on deafness. Anyway..I have several questions. How can I get them introduced to meat? I have offered pieces of chicken, made one of the recipes from Ferrets for Dummies, and they won't even try it. They are currently on Zupreem (?) food, and are eating that very well, but I'd like to vary their diet with other protein. 2nd question. We live in the NY Hudson Valley. Are there any others out there from here? I haven't found any ferret clubs local. Also, any recommendations for vets? We have been getting all of our ferret education from the Dummies book, a very knowledgable person at Petco, and this list.. Although I hope I won't need use a lot of the medical knowledge from here for LONG time. Thank you for the support.... Does the ferret math stop at 2? Sharon and Rachel, with Nanook and Snowy [Posted in FML issue 3317]