Anyone flying Delta? Check out the Sky magazine/September issue. In my opinion, it is a Strong honest article on ferrets titled companions: Can I Have a Ferret? Darlings or Demons? answers to FAQs by Elizabeth Rapoport. Cute pics. Talk about ferrets being 7 or 8 as far as maintenance on scale of 1 to 10. Certainly adorable, teddy-bear ears...nice description. It goes into litter box hits and misses, vet bills, tearing up carpeting, US upset over Ben Stiller and others misrepresenting the ferret, and web sites with adorable pics, Ferrets For Dummies, how they are illegal in some places, the view of the Humane Society, the photos on Brown Trout 2004 Ferret calandar being "cute as the dickens." Their web site is delta-sky.com Read the article there. Pic of Ben Stiller holding fert, describes tubes and the fun, and how intellegent the ferret is... I believe that many on the FML would really appreciate the article because it was very honest about tearing the underside of a bed, and digging up any plants. It talked about not leaving little children alone with any animal. Yet, I felt that it was positive in its general feeling about the ferret. I did not feel insulted in any way. Obviously, I cannot speak for anyone else. It was not perfect. It had the Egypt thing wrong. And it talked a little too strongly, yet briefly, about not having a ferret and young children and ferret bites. Somehow it balanced things out in my heart to end up being one of the better magazine articles I have read on having a ferret...But that is just me. I know that someone out there will disagree...especially on the children part of the article. I do not have children, and take in biters. I brought home a baby ferret that bit hard for years...Wolf. I would not have ever allowed him around a child. Then I took in others that bit really hard, like Mini-Me and Cheyene. I loved all of them. Now I have taken in two more biters. I am crazy about them. But they are unpredictable. I would not allow them around children. Anyway, if you get a chance...check it out. It was this persons look into the animal that we love so much that I felt was well rounded. And personally, I appreciated the honesty on the vet bills, illnesses, pooping, and digging up of carpeting around doors. I wish every pet store made sure mom knew about these potential downsides before she agreed to bring home a defenseless baby ferret deserving of a forever home. [Posted in FML issue 4643]