Hi Everyone!! My name is Jane and I'm from Australia. This is my first post so I am new to this list. I'm also new to the ferret world. I will explain......I've never liked ferrets. My best friend's brother had two when we were at school and they were smelly, biting little ratbags and I hated visiting! I've always vowed never to have one! Since I got married (10 years ago now) I've had 3 cats, and umpteen greyhounds. My husband has kep up a constant whine "Can't we get a ferret????" to be answered "NEVER!!!!!" So.....now the two kids (ages 8 and 6) have started and I have to admit, the girl-child's sad little face has finally gotten to me. After seeing all the cute photos of ferrets everywhere I decided it couldn't hurt to do some research. So I did.....I went to the local pet shop and talked. I spent hour after hour on the internet...then I rang the New South Wales Ferret Welfare Society and talked for hours! Needless to say I am now awaiting the arrival of two ferrets of my own! They were abandoned due to their previous family having no time for them. They are a chocolate mitt (??) and a dark-eyed white (??)and male and female. The female is 3 and the male is 4 and all reports tell me they love children, are litter-box trained and love to cuddle. I sit here and wonder what I have gotten myself into but I have made my decision and will give these little characters a good loving home regardless of my own reservations. I have to admit.....(only to you guys...not my family!) that I am even finding myself feeling quite excited about getting these two. We have made a lot of preparation for them and I am happy with the fact we decided to "adopt" homeless ones instead of buy babies. I will not have them until June 3rd so I will continue to research how to care for them in the meantime. I am enjoying all your posts and finding many things are very useful. From Canberra in Australia, I say "G'Day Mates!" - Jane [Posted in FML issue 3420]