I made a post a little while back about wanting to meet people in the Tampa Bay FL area. I was pleased to get responses back and plan to meet these wonderful people as soon as the holiday madness is over. All of this got me thinking though once talking with them, there are so many ferret owners in the Bay area yet we do not know how to get a hold of each other. I have had my ferrets for over two years and still drive a little over 2 hours to take them to the vet I adopted them at because I did not know of any good recommended vets here. I have gone two years only knowing one couple that are ferret owners. To me this is sad when I think about it. So I decided I wanted to try a new project. I started a yahoo groups ferret club for the Tampa Bay area. My goal with this club is to join ferret owners together for friendship and shared understanding for the love of these critters. With that I want to make a list of ferret friendly activities that are recommended by other ferret owners so that we all have easier access to help our babies out. So I would be looking for vets, pet sitters , shelters and pet stores that work with ferrets. My over all goal is to have such a good loving community that we could also work as a whole to help rescue ferrets in the area on a more well known easier basis. If we became a tight enough nit group of a decent size I feel this could be accomplished. What I plan on doing is once obtaining information about ferret friendly places I would like to actually go to them and explain what the club is about and give them business cards. I would also like to go to all pet stores where they have bulletins to place cards in hoping people that adopt ferrets from them will come around and become more knowledgeable. I never claim to be a ferret expert by any means, I am fairly new to the ferret world, but my intentions are pure for wanting to do some thing to help other ferrets in this area and their human parents. I am welcoming more knowledgeable ferret people as well as new ferret people to be a part of a ferret community trying to help others. I will look forward to meeting you all in the future that live in the Bay area! Thank you for hearing me out. Bridgette Tampa Bay Ferret Lovers Club http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TampaBayFerretLovers/ [Posted in FML issue 4364]