Hi everyone, Well, today I went into my tiny little town of Deer Park, WA. And at our grocery store was an old man (70-80's) who had these three kits in a box trying to sell them for $200 each. The box was sooooo nasty it had at least 6 inches of stool in the corner and along with that much stool and this kind of heat there was maggots. There was no water, and only a few scrap pieces of some food that I couldn't tell you what it was but it smelt really bad. I was so overwhelmed I first started to jump the guy but very fast stopped myself and became a diplomat.. First I talked the guy down to $100 each (he wouldn't go any lower). Next I knew I had to find out about where the Jill and hob were. Well, That was an answer I didn't want to hear. The Jill bite him when he took the kits today so he tossed her to the ground outside and she ran off, in this he stated that he lived very far out in the woods and that she would soon be food something bigger. And the hob died two days ago when we had temps around 95 he stated "I forgot to give him water silly me and he became coyote food." I asked how he got these ferrets he said his sons girlfriend gave then to him about 5 months ago as company because he only came to town once or twice a year and that they would do great up in the woods with him. Anyways, I ran home took the horses hay money and went back to find the guy gone ... so I waited and sure enough he came back holding the kits in a papersack I took them gave him the money and asked that he never own a ferret again. Thank God he said he hates the things and never would!!!!!! So now in two weeks (after quar) we will have three kits who will need new homes. They seem to be healthy a bit underweight but that shouldn't take long to fix. They ate their Mazuri like it was the worlds best treat. If anyone has a few spare ADV tests we sure could use them for these kids as our cost on them is going to be outrageous and we would like to keep it down as much as possible. We have an albino, a chocolate mitt, and a sable all females about 9 weeks old. For more info on how you can help or for adoption of the kids please contact me... Tracy March Ferret Rescue Of Spokane & Spokane County www.geocities.com/spokaneferretlady/rescue.html 1-509-262-9556 [Posted in FML issue 3828]