>Just a note to all and sundry. All right, this was obviously a reply to my post. I don't want to start any arguments, just say a few words in my defense. >1) You don't know that anyone that responds will be a bad person. I never said they were. >4) Every ferret advertised "for sale" is not a deadly emergency! You can >pass on the news without having to take blood pressure medication and >hyperventilating I thought I was actually pretty rational, sorry if you didn't. >6) *Please* don't jump on the list when you see a ferret for sale >somewhere and tell everyone to rush out and get it, because it looks >lonely...but you can't because you "just can't take in another one >because >you already have three I wasn't telling anyone to "rush out and get" anybody. I was just voicing concern over the emphasis on price rather than good care. Indeed, people rushing out to get animals often has disagreeable results. >8) Please be a little more tolerant of others that have ferrets. I did not pass any judgment on either the person running the ad or the people who may answer it, nor am I saying I'm a perfect ferret owner. It was the wording of the ad that concerned me, and since the people on this list are either well-versed in ferret care or are trying to become so, I figured it was a good place to voice my concern. Excuse me. Like I said, I really don't want to start an argument. Now that I've said my piece I'm happy to let it drop. Thanks Rachel and da wild weaselinas ===== "Go ahead, call the cops You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops" -- Tom Waits [Posted in FML issue 3687]