You have our support. We have enjoyed your posts and I personally am glad that someone who obviously loves animals is working at the pet store. Jim (writing above) & Carrie (below) & the Flying Wow Weasels(15) P.S. Nicole, I hope you were able to present the original email that you sent to the FML to your DM, you stated your case so well and with such obvious concern for both the animals and the child and his family that i would hope he would be as impressed as Jim & I were. I hope you got some good answers to your question because that is a horrible spot to be in & I know I wouldn't know how to address those concerns. I hope that your DM realized that what he got this time was an email from an irresponsible ferret person and that his employee was trying to find out how to do what was best for all concerned in the most sensitive manner possible. I hope you are not in trouble over this. There are obviously too many irresponsible or ignorant employees working with animals and we can't afford to lose one of the good ones! [Posted in FML issue 3874]