Ok- first, a little background info. I found my first ferret in my driveway in the middle of the night. He was not claimed and soon became mine, his name is Kodi. A few months later, we adopted a little girl, now named Hope, to keep him company. Kodi had a tough time adapting to her, and still gets annoyed with her. She loves him to death though (came into the shelter with 2 others, and has been with others her whole life) and is extremely attached. We took Kodi to the vet about 3 months ago for the day and she just about flipped. When he came home that night she was all over him. She layed on top of him covering every part of his body except his nose (and she is about half his size). Everywhere he went for about the next 2 weeks, she was right there. Ok- so here is the problem- while he was at the vet, he was diagnosed with Adrenal. He has had severe hair loss, and loss of weight. Knowing how attached Hope is to him, we became worried about what would happen to her when he is gone. So we decided to get another ferret. We adopted a younger boy 2 weeks ago. He is a year old, Hope is 2 1/2, and Kodi is 3. It will soon be time to introduce them, and I am so worried about how Kodi will take this. Kodi is very calm and quiet, while Hope is extremely rambunctious and has constant energy. At times I believe he is overwhelmed by her and I am worried the newbie will overwhelm him as well. Which is why, if I do introduce them, the newbie will be introduced to Hope first to get some of his energy out of him so he doesnt completely overwhelm our little man, Kodi. The more I think about it, the worse I feel. I feel like I am going to disrupt Kodi's world, but in the long run, Hope needs a buddy for when Kodi is gone. However, Kodi grew all but one patch on his shoulders back, and now he is starting to lose a lot of hair again. So I dont know how sick he is, or if it is just a skin condition. If it is not Adrenal, I would have screwed up his world for no reason. I am now second guessing this decision. Please no flames...Im just trying to figure this out. (And the ferret was from a woman who bought it for her son and he wouldnt take care of it, so we took it.) He is on a "trial basis" I guess you could call it, to see if he will get along with my 2 before we make the commitment. We have had him for 2 weeks for him to get used to us and he has been doing VERY well. We have yet to introduce him to the other two. Any advice on this would help. Has anyone else added an addition for the sake of the fuzzbutt that would be left behind when the cagemate is gone? Any help would be greatly appreciated. And like I said, please, no flames. Im not doing anything wrong, I just want to make the right decision before introducing him to my 2. Thanks so much. -Barbara, Kodi (the love bug), Hope (the demon child), and the newbie, Otter. [Posted in FML issue 4032]