I was a bit disturbed by something said in your post. Please consider this a polite inquiry for clarification. You referred to Ferrets as your "hobby". Animals, of any kind, are not something most would consider a hobby. I'm having a little trouble understanding how someone who rescues (whatever any decides the term means) could use such a term. For clarification on my part, according to the dictionary a hobby is a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation. I don't believe I've ever heard any rescuer, shelter operator, etc., describe what they do as something they do for relaxation. The term hobby most often brings to mind such things as stamp, baseball card and/or coin collecting. I've never considered it a word that should be associated with living things. Perhaps your interpretation of the word differs from mine as well as the explanation found in the dictionary? -- Karen McCabe [Posted in FML issue 4548]