I recently moved from the US to Ireland (republic of), I had to do a lot of research to see how I would get there. In Ireland they do not have quaratine facilities that take small animals so I was lucky and was able to do home quarantine. Home quarantine still involved a lot of work, you have to set up a room specifically for them, then an inspector has to come by and approve it, the you get an import permit. So it is hard of you do not have time before your job starts or if you do not have someone to look after them whilst you are setting up the room, etc. In the UK they do have numerous facilities that accept small animal quaratine, ferrets, last I checked, still need 6 months of quaratine. Home quarantine, since they have facilities for small animals, is extremely difficult in the UK with many many many rules. There are several quarantine places of the entire UK so you can hopefully find one close by. Remember, however, that there are certain visiting hours and days. Since your ferrets are older and probably need more care and attention that you may be missing out. 6 months can be a long time. In Europe, Germany and Holland, there is no quaratine period, they need health certificates and a statement that they were born and bread in captivity (so does Ireland and the UK). In germany (and I believe france) if you have more than 3 animals you need a special import license. The organizations in charge of animal import is usually the department of food and agriculture. When I first started looking the web was invaluable. Type in "import animals UK" or something along those lines, and try different search engines. Good luck, let me know how it goes. [Posted in FML issue 4289]