Greetings everyone. If feels good to be back on the list, after having been off of it for some time. Sadly, my first post to the group is a sad one. We have just lost two ferrets. One died of what *looks* to be old age (can't find anything obviously wrong) and the other (blood sisters) morned herself to death. She passed on last night at roughly midnight in my fiancee's arms. I won't go into the details here, just did it for another list that was helping and I really don't feel like doing it again. I think, maybe one of the best things I could do is to, within the next week or so, find my fiancee two more. But, we just spent our rent last night at the emergency clinic in charlotte last night. So, I can't quite go to a pet store. Does anyone know of anyone needing to place two young ferrets in the Laurinburg, NC area ( or would be able to meet us within an hour of Laurinburg )? We lost a black-eyed white and a sable, but I think she might appreciate another black-eyed white (or even albino), silver, or cinnimon, since she has juvenile macular degeneration and can't tell our other two apart very well (no central vision). We have plenty of ferret supplies and a roomy 5'X3'X2.5' custom cage with three levels that breaks down almost completely for cleaning and we have an entire room of the house devoted to them. Will send pics, and even a description of how to build one, if anyone's interested and is concerned about "a good home." We'll be at home all summer so we would easily be able to ensure a good integration. Also, has anyone ever heard of other animals picking up ferrety traits? My cat, as a kitten, used to spend alot of time with our ferrets and play with them(although he's kinda snobby towards them now) but will occassionally do a war dance, tail stuck out but dropping straight down an inch or two from the base, arch his back and jump like a ferret and not get anywhere, and then shoot off like a shot. Thank you Raymond [Posted in FML issue 4139]