Valerie- If you can't afford to pay an adoption fee, then please think twice about getting a ferret as a pet. They are notorious for having expensive medical needs. On average over a lifetime you can expect to pay several hundred dollars a year in medical bills. Regretfully they always seem to come when you least can afford it, and in increments of several hundred, or even thousand dollars. If you can't afford the less than $100 that a shelter charges, than you might want to think about what you will do when your ferret needs a $600 sirgery to save it's life. If you don't have that kind of funds, than please do not choose a ferret as a pet. Thanks. [DA] [Posted in FML issue 3536]