I too am from Iowa and I have 15 of the wonderful dancing little fur children. I am more of a lurker here as I spend most of my time with the "children". Pretty much all of my kids are from people who could no longer take care of them or just didn't want them anymore. Only 2 have been bought from pet stores. There are a lot of ferrets in Iowa but I think as a whole we are relatively quiet about them. Don't know why. Even my jeep with ferret plates and ferret stickers all over the bumper doesn't get much reaction unless someone sees it needing to find a home for a ferret. Terry & 15 Fuzzies from IOWA [Posted in FML issue 4369]