I believe that spay/neuter at such an early age is not a good thing. BUT, that said, I have this thought on the subject. Dogs, cats, and other "pet" animals are not routinely "fixed" before sale. We have a huge overpopulation problem with unwanted pets because owners won't spend the money to fix their animals. If we start adopting/purchasing un-fixed ferrets, then I would expect that we would have two things happen very quickly. First, we would have a glut of cheap ferrets and "free to good home" ferrets, so the pet stores could no longer charge $100 + per ferret. (Good thing) Next, we would have ferrets let loose to fend for themselves when new owners find out that they can't get tons of money for their babies. (Bad thing). Or lots of ferrets in shelters and pounds will have tons of ferret kits, like puppies and kittens that will be put to sleep. (I really hate the euphemism).(Really bad thing). So, given the goods and bads of it, I think that early spay and neuter is probably best, even if there is problems with it. Shelley [Posted in FML issue 4670]