Today I took Buckie with me to the pet store, to get some Cheweasels... his favorite treat...One of the employees saw me and mentioned that they had a big ferret in the back that the owners just dumped. She told me that they were moving and couldnt take him with them. I asked to see him and I was stunned. Inside a glass aquarium with a heat lamp on top, this FAT BOY was laying sprawled on his back with everything exposed lol. I told her that the heat lamp is BAAAADDDDD!!! that ferrets prefer cold over heat, plus he could get dehydrated easily. I took off the heat lamp of the aquarium and let her hold Buckie...I picked up this FAT ferret (had to use both hands) and he was just as mellow as can be. He's about 4-5 pounds...BIG boy, and he looks to be about 2.5-3 maybe younger. He has no tattoos on his ears, best I can guess is that he's from a private breeder since hes so FAT! He also seems pretty healthy. I told the employee that I had a LOT of ferret contacts, and that I would be more than HAPPY to take him off their hands and find him a good permanent home. She said he was VERY playful, and that they had him out playing with him for the last hour or two. I gave them my contact information and told them I would give them the contact info for his new owner too. Buckie seemed MORE than happy to see this guy, they just sniffed eachother's ears and butts. When we got home, I let the two loose in my room and they just started playing with eachother wrestling and dooking. So now I have the task of finding this guy a name and a home... ===== ~*~*~ VALERIE ~*~*~ ,',', __ \ `'`,/ \ ()o=; `'`','`/ . \/ / ( / \" / \(_ \(_ ~*`~*`FERRETS RULE~`*~`* Missing Noodles + Rosie at the Rainbow Bridge [Posted in FML issue 4451]