I went to the pet store tonight to buy some stuff for the ferrets and the one I went to sells cats and dogs, but tonight they had two ferts. MF 5 month old sable boys (big boys too!) I spoke with one of the employees about their care and he said that they didn't get out of the cage for exercise (they were in a small rabbit cage...) and they had no food. The guy was really helpful, found out what they eat for me (vita-sun -Yuck!) and told me that the person that was taking care of them had fed them a few hours before and they must have dug it out of the bowl (in their defense there was a lot of food in the tray under them...) he let me take them out and play with them for a bit (wanted to stay longer, but I had to get home and ready for work) Anyway I asked him about ferret care and he knew nothing, so I informed him about as much as I could and asked if they had any sort of information FAQ sheet they give to people buying ferrets and he said they didn't give them anything, they carry books and magazines about ferrets and just expect owners to buy one. I KNOW someone out there has to have a good FAQ sheet that they can send me a copy of. I want to go back up there tomorrow and check on them again, and give them information to hand out to potential ferret owners. We don't have any shelters here and I'd like to think that's because there isn't a need for them... and I want to keep it that way. I was going to try to type up something myself, but I don't have a ton of time and if I did I'd be afraid of missing something important. SO if anyone can mail me something I can copy and give to them I would really appreciate it. If you have a document t hat you can email to me even better, but snail mail will be great too. I plan to stay on top of this pet store. The employee I spoke with was really happy to learn about ferrets and had lots of questions for me which made me feel good. My email Address is [log in to unmask] and my snail mail is: Melissa McDaniels 1511 E. 49th St Indpls, IN 46205 Well, I wanted to get this out in tonights FML so I'm running late for work thanks for the help! Melissa [Posted in FML issue 3898]