I received this beautiful letter from Lizzi,many of you old timers will remember her sweet posts of her little Fang.When he passed,it broke my Heart,tho i only knew Lizzi from her posts.I wrote her and we have been close in Heart friends for the past 3 yrs... Jan,thank you for your question about your lil boy following you around. You stirred something common in all ferret mommy & daddys.A LOVE that will never be explained..nor need it be. Thank You. Love, Tara Nothing is different for your friend, lizzi, as when I read your letter re: ferret who follows her, the tears silently flowed down my cheeks. Nothing will ever change or take away the love I shared with Little Fang;; it left me PERMANENTLY altered; the gift of bonding with beady eyes and a soul so precious that it had to be God sent. This is the gift that has bonded ALL of us together, and I am so thankful that I have experienced it. Just yesterday I brought my copy of the book, Ferrets for Dummies, into our local pet store to LEND to a an employee...a high school boy who bought one of the ferrets in the store. In July, I am babysitting a friends two ferts; she is bringing the huge cage out to my house to have them for 11 days. Perhaps after they are returned to her, I will make the big decision to get another. Fang has been gone for three years... we are getting our Golden Retriever puppy July 24, so don't know for sure if I should wait til he is trained and in control.....THEN maybe it would be the perfect time to get a ferret. When we got Fang, our golden was aging and couldn't take the rough play from Fang; maybe a young, but controlled puppy would make a good playmate and friend for a little Fert. Just need be sure the ferret wouldl not get harmed in any way.......these are all my concerns.....not biggies, but real. love you Tara, and thank you for sharing with me. Please always remember that I want to know what is going on in the FML. Not the usual learning process all new Fert owners go through on the FML. (as I did), but anything you think I would like to hear about. Just llike this letter you sent... now I am sad and gonna go practice my drums for band. That always helps lift my mood. [Posted in FML issue 4494]