Judy writes >Do you have a problem adopting scented fuzzies? How do you handle this? I am not a shelter operator, but I used to be. :-) Here in northeast Ohio, we had a pretty high number of ferrets coming into the shelter that were not altered or descented. I did not have ferrets descented. It was mainly a cost issue--the descenting cost more than the neuter/spay! I would hand a scented and descented ferret to potential adopters, and challenge them to tell which was which, and describe a "poof" as rather like a human's passing gas that dissapated in 5-10 minutes. I didn't see any reluctance to adopt a scented ferret--personality and looks were much more important, and never had a complaint from someone who adopted one. So I vote with you! Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 3814]