Dear Anon, First, I rather seriously doubt any ferret ever turned away to yawn so as not to frighten anyone. They don't actually have the mental capacity to perform such a sequence of responses... frankly, they could care less if you are frightened by a ferret's yawn. Where on earth did you ever get the idea that a ferret should have the (human)idea that one shouldn't smell of one's own poop? They're ferrets... not small fuzzy humans. You probably owe the shelter people an apology. At least for these two items. As for your other accusations, you'll have to be a little more specific, they're not very clear. You don't seem to have any valid complaints. Debi Christy [Posted in FML issue 3446]