>I mentioned we had just recently obtained our first (2) ferrets, and he >commented you should always have 3. There were more ?? and people, the >bird presentation started and I did not get a chance to ask him to explain >further. This comment has stuck with me, so I thought I'd ask those in >the know. I see by the signatures on this list that most have more than >2..." Hi, Ardith. I was told this when we got our second ferret, too, but we can't get a third at least until we move out of this apt. The reason for this is that if one dies, I guess the odds are pretty good that a lonely second one will often die within a year of the first one, so if you have three, if one dies, the others are not alone to mourn. I heard this from many other ferret owners, including a few shelters (and I didn't just think they were trying to convince me to take more home, though I would have loved to have taken them all!). Dooks! -april [Posted in FML issue 3455]