Hi. I am new to this list and this is the first time I have posted to it. I am a little afraid of upsetting people with what I have to say, but that it not my intention and I hope nobody takes this personally. I am a ferret lover and I understand how you can end up with more ferrets than you had planned on, as I have 6 of them. My 6 are a handful, but that is because it is a lot easier to take care of more ferrets if you cage them, but mine are free-roaming ferrets and when they are awake, demand my full attention (playing, cuddling, etc.). So I understand that you could have more ferrets if they are caged ferrets. But I recently found out that someone has 50 ferrets. And I can not see how any one can give 50 ferrets the attention that they need, with having all those cages to clean daily (I am sure that there aren't 50 cages, but still), taking care of a parent who is wheel-chair bound, a dog, a cat, running errands and volunteering all the time. I am sure that this person loves each and everyone of these ferrets. I am just shocked that there are no laws in my area that limits how many ferrets someone can have (nor how many cats). I know people who have like 20 ferrets and I just know that I would be overwhelmed, but 20 some odd ferrets is a whole lot less than 50 - It's more than double. I don't know if this person can handle 50 ferrets and even if she can, with there being no limits on how many one household can have, there is nothing preventing just anybody from getting an outrageous number and any ferret shelter, I'm sure, can tell you what happens when people (no matter how well meaning) decide later down the road, that they "bit off more than they can chew" - the ones to suffer are the ferrets. Does anyone know how I or someone else goes about trying to get this "owning limitless numbers of ferrets" changed to putting some kind of limit to it? Again, I hope I have not upset anybody. Thanks [Posted in FML issue 3408]