I'm a newbie to owning a ferret and luckily stumbled upon this list. It has been great to read everyones experiences, ideas and suggestions, and has been a great source of knowledge we had no clue how to take care of a fuzzzie. We recently adoped by accident our first fuzzie, one of our teenage daughters works in a pet store and of course has a soft heart so we have had lots of new pets. Well, when she turned 18 she moved out with 4 other room mates and is unable to keep Sadie who is a red eyed albino. So naturally being the parents we assumed care of Sadie. We were immediately impressed by the personality of this ferret, she was so loving, and wanted to be with you all the time. Sadie was dropped at the pet store by a gentleman who could no longer care for her and had been raised with cats, so she took to our 3 cats wonderfully and she has become a new member of our clan. Of course now we have the bug and want to add a playmate...lol. As I type this she and the cats are racing around the house attacking each other and my feet!...lol. Thanks to all for the wonderful post. Elisa [Posted in FML issue 4387]