>1-Average Age of a Ferret Owner: i'm 23, the Boy is 29... so i guess we average to 26. ;) >2-Marital Status: unmarried, but living with SO >3-Percentage of Male/Female Owners: he thinks they're mine when it's time to clean up after them. i think they're his when they misbehave. >4-Average Income Level of Ferret Owners: not much, but our combined income will increase within the year, as i will be done with school and working full time in addition to his FT job. >5-Size of their family and/or number of children: no children *Knock on Wood!* but several other pets. >6-Number of Ferrets on average they own: we have eleven. >7-Other types of animals owned besides ferrets: currently, cats, rats, mice, and hedgehogs. i kinda half-claim the bunny because my houseate is irresponsible and i end up doing the work. *sigh* if it was up to me the bunny would find a new home. >8-How often owners purchase food and products for their ferret and >other pets: we buy food in bulk, so once every month or two. litter/bedding gets bought once or twce a month, typically. >9-Where do you find owners typically purchase products for their pets petsmart/online >10-How much money on average do ferret owners typically spend on > their ferret and/or other animals. - including meds and surgery: i dont' even want to *think* about this! heh. right now, many of ours are young, and we have simply been lucky with some of the older ones. but before meds and surgery, figure $547 annually for vaccines... i'm expecting one to two sugeries a year int he next couple years, then possibly 3-4 once the younger ones get into the 4-5 year range. so that's 1-200 dollars per surgery... (costs are fairly low here). so--$600-$1000, probably? the boy and i are starting a savings account *specifically* for the purpose of saving back funds to have *set aside* for a few years down the road when we're likely to run into more frequent health problems, though. >11-Do they belong to a ferret organization: they are the Weezilarchy Brigade, an organization in their own right. -k- ===== ,',', __ \ `'`,/ \ ()o=; `'`','`/ . \/ / ( / \" / \(_ \(_ ferrets may nip, but people just suck. [Posted in FML issue 3734]