ok folks... i opened my mouth about special needs ferrets....and got 8 feet inserted into it...;-) while at the chicago show...[where i saw many old friends and met a few new...:)...]...my husband and i were approached with adopting 2 special needs kids...[from someone we know and love...]...one a deaf biter "Beethoven" and his friend "Snow" who is an albino biter... my reaction was..."we have too many ferrets now!" [we are not a shelter... we are a family with ferrets...]...my husband's reaction was..."let us see these two..." ...LOL..this is a reversed situation..i am usually..."can we have"..he is usually..."we don't need"...:) well...THEY needed us...so meet "Beethoven & Snow"... we were totally unprepared to get ferrets there...had NO intention of bringing any ferrets home from the show...but with the help of special friends...we were outfitted with cage, and comfortsfor the ferrets for the 8 hour drive home...:) they are ferret friendly ferrets...lucky us...and fit right in with my "kitchen" krew...not a single skuffle...:) when i let them out of the cage this morning after my "nap"...[we got home at 5:30 a.m.]...they just danced up a storm...they were so happy... they continued playing till exhaused ...about 4 hours solid play and exploring... at which time i had to banish the kitchen krew to the kitchen again to let another krew out from being caged all of friday and saturday... [since we were in chicago]...LOL..they continued to run and play for a while longer in there...did my heart good...this is why we do what we do...:) Beethoven's fur was really bad when we got him...but with his bath today... it is a little better...hopefully with love and good nutrition and a steady, secure homelife...he will blossom back to the ferret he should be...so far only "nips"... but they are family now...we will let them know that they are safe and do not need to bite...:) thank you, Kim, we love them...and thank you for the vote of confidence that we were the right home for them...and thanks for dinner too...it was really good...:) love, kat --- KITY=^..^=KAT and the Kollektive http://www.geocities.com/ferretlover97 Rascal, Sassy, Wolfie, Monkey, Meeja, Pye, Noodles, Sandi, Hope-HollyHeart, Eddie, Lucky, Cissy, Uh-Oh, Jack, Sassy-tudes, Angel, Lefty-LuvBug, Sonny, Snow & Beethoven...Holding "Li'l Bear" in my Heart... Missing pieces of my heart...Marcel, LittleWhiteGirl, Narmy, OldGuy, D'weezle, and the biggest pieces of my heart...Charlie and Geezer! My ferret Afghans! http://www.geocities.com/crochetkat/ferret [Posted in FML issue 3564]