Hi All, First, my sincere and heartfelt condolences to those who've (ever) lost a little one and prayers for those that aren't well. A *very* positive, accurate and informative segment about ferrets was aired on FOX nine o'clock news in Albuquerque tonight. A couple in Houston, Gail and Jimi Hummer, run a shelter out of their home and their daughter is a vet! She also spoke positively about having them as pets. Nothing negative at all. The reporter referred to them as "domestic carnivores" and stressed that they are not wild! Proofing, spaying of females, rubber bands, recliners, etc. were covered. They talked about feeding a ferret diet, vet care, not being left in a cage all the time, etc. All the while ferrets were dancing and playing, getting cheerios, scaling barriers and playing in tubes. One (sorry, I didn't catch his name) continually stole a flash unit from the camera man's "light bag". A few of the fuzzies were caught giving kisses to their humans, too! This was much more than just a quick mention :) Lisette recently wrote about ferrets playing in the bathtub and also of leaving the faucet trickling. Something to consider here (if left unsupervised) is if a ferret were to pull toweling or some other object into the tub where it could act as a stopper over/in the drain, drowning could occur if enough water were allowed to collect and remain. Wendy Winstead wrote of a very similar experience in her book, where, if I recall correctly, at least one adult female and some kits were found completely exhausted from swimming for several hours upon hers and some of her friends return. The ferrets had pulled a towel into the tub, which covered the drain, and was full from a faucet left dripping for drinking water, I believe incase their water bowl got spilled. The tub was being used as a makeshift cage. Neither Toby nor Girlie had a reaction to Fervac-D (thank goodness!). Toby's was given in November, Girlie's in December, each at a different clinic for different reasons. I pretreated both with Children's Benadryl for two days prior, and then approximately 45 minutes before. Sonya [Posted in FML issue 3319]