I am forwarding this message on behalf of Nanci Frazier of Motor City Ferrets. You may contact her directly at [log in to unmask] fml'ers: in the last edition of the fml, my post to update on the michigan ferrets that an owner had recently adopted from a shelter and was now trying to sell was unfortunately followed by a message from the original poster that the ferrets had already gone to a new home. here's an update from this end: kim at the kalamazoo ferret haven started trying to reach the original owner, lisa weezul, the evening we read the message. again, these two boys were adopted from kzoo on august 29. as of the follow up phone call one week post adoption, everything was fine. after writing to the fml to explain the background on these ferrets, several nice folks who had contacted the owner wrote to me as well to let me know that they had made contact and express their dismay to learn the critters' history. kim finally heard from lisa last night. lisa's first comment was "i can't believe you found out about this." lisa then told kim "oh, they went to a new home last week." i am dubious of this statement since one of the fml'ers spoke to lisa just friday evening and they were still for sale, but anyway. kim of course asked for contact information for the new owners. lisa did not have/give kim this information, so we have no idea where the boys are tonight. if a reader of the fml has these boys, please be responsible and contact kim at the kalamazoo ferret haven. 616.553.9599. kzoo is not interested in taking your new ferrets; we realize you paid for them (based on the price lisa was quoting, you paid twice what she paid in adoption fees, but then we don't assign a dollar value to our critters). kim simply wants to know where the boys are to continue to follow up on their health and welfare, an important part of the adoption process. additionally, what if the shelter needs to contact an owner about previously adopted ferrets? our database is only as good as our adoption clients make it, so please do contact kim. she is an extremely nice person who will be delighted to hear that the boys are safe and sound. if anyone still isn't clear about what the problem was here (like the original poster must be to have so lightly glossed over the important issue), i'll explain. kim's rescue and my own are private home rescue operations. everyone in my home is a pet until he/she becomes someone elses. we do not sell ferrets to people upon demand. we have an adoption process and are only interested in finding loving, permanent homes for our babies. we support our adoption clients and associated critters in any way we can for as long as need be. often adoption clients become good friends. it's always extremely unnerving to learn that a person you spent time interviewing and approved to adopt turns out to be very irresponsible and the critters are sent packing for the right price. so again, if the purchaser of these two boys is a reader of the fml, your call to kim would be MOST reassuring to her. we really do worry about what becomes of those we adopt out. again, have no fear in contacting kim...she'll simply thank you for the call and note you in her rolodex so she can keep you up to date as we all do annually. nanci motor city ferrets [Posted in FML issue 3930]