Ok ok.....I have to get my kids in here :-). Michael and Gabriel are our very first ferrets and my husband wanted to name them after the Archangels so that is what we did. Far from angels are they...hee hee... Both our guys are Sable. Michael is a little bigger and a little darker and I think my husband's favorite because he is a little wild man. We call him Taz for short. Fits because my husband loves Taz. Michael is the most active teaching his brother all the tricks of play. He shows us what he wants to do. If we have something we want to teach him he is like no I will show you. He knows how far he can try and push us. He is quick but oh so loveable. Gabriel is the smaller of the two and is a little sweetheart but boy can he be a little bugger too. Unlike his brother who loves playing and fighting with the towel he likes mom's toes and her socks. He is so precious and I think I fell in love with him first because he was so darn tiny. He is growning and acting crazy like his brother now. I don't think I have a favorite out of any of my kids. Ok that is a lie. My oldest cat Chelsey is my baby and always will be even when she is no longer here with us. They all have such wonderful personalities. How can we pick a favorite because they all give us so much love it would be hard to pick. You know you are owned by a cat &/or ferret when you start to keep logs in case anything would happen to you for the new mommy and daddy so they know their likes, dislikes, games, etc. I know it is something we don't want to think about but what if something were to happen to us??? do we know who would care for our kids??? something to think about and make a list of what they like, don't like, food they eat, litter you use, names, etc. You see we adopted our 1 1/2 yo male about 2 mo ago, he was left on a stoop of the adoption center with no name or anything. He was in a carrier overnight. Can you imagine being in this life for that long and given a new name, a new home, new food, new parents and wonder what the heck is going on? It helps the animal to adjust if the person adopting them knows a little about their prior lives. Sorry I got off the subject here but it is food for thought. Love & angel ferret-kitty hugs Debbie [Posted in FML issue 3573]