I'm sorry if I sounded like I was putting down Calif ferret owners in my post the other day. When I said Yuck, I just meant that Cal is a state where ferrets are illegal to own. And in reference to the people that called animal control on me, i just figured they were from Cal because they wanted a ferret that weekend, even though I didn't have one they really liked, they wanted one of my ferrets that the adoption fee was low on. These people were scum of the earth, and didn't deserve to own a ferret. I have many friends in Cal that are ferret lovers and I rescue ferrets out of Cal when needed. I used to live there many moons ago. So I'm sorry if I offened anyone. I have been very upset about things and don't quite word things properly, which is why I don't post more often. Things can be taken the wrong way. On the 2 ferrets I rescued and the one was starved to death, I was asked why I didn't report the owners. Well, I got an anon call about them and the person left them outside for me to pick up. I did call animal control and the media about it. AC can't do anything because we don't know who the owners are, and the media wouldn't help me put out a story so that maybe someone who knew the owners could contact me so I could report them. i guess if Mike Tyson is not involved with the ferrets, the media doesn't care. I will try to get more stories on my webpage asap, but my dad is in the hospital, he has swelling on the brain and doesn't remember things, so I'm spending as much time as I can with him. Also one of my best buddys Holly is going to the hospital on Wed to have her foot amputated, so I'll be there helping her also. I went on a rescue yesterday, the people were going to set them free if I couldn't pick them up. They had them in the garage because they stunk. When I got there the girl asked me why they stunk so bad. I replied, Well if you didn't shower for a @#%&*@# month and sat in your own $%@# you would stink too. i asker her to get me a damp cool rag because they were overheating and she said she didn't know if they had one, I said, oh i think you do. so she promptly found one. i'm sure she thought I was nuts. The boys are doing good, one is thin but they will be ok. I'm not usually that rude but, i do have a breaking point. Again apologies to anyone I offened. Take care, Cj 24 Carat Ferret Rescue And Shelter Las Vegas, Nv. "where ferrets are treated like gold" [Posted in FML issue 3437]