nope, no enemies Rebecca,.... but I really feel that you have done a grave injustice to the potential new ferret owners...................... you did not mention the poop often enough, nor did you mention that litter box training is a really good joke! I'm pretty sure that you were a bit light on the vet bills as well... but then again, we've got all old ferrets, medically fragile, so maybe it's just our 14 that are costly. When people ask how in the hell did you end up with so many ferrets.... that's when ya whip out your pocket picture-book, and start showing the fuzz-butts off. It's that fuzzy face, the total love they give, the innocent looks, even while pooping where-ever, the sheer exhuberance for life that they have. I doubt if we will ever take in a horde of 8 all at once again, but how can you say no to a weasel.... let alone 8? (the others came to us in ones and twos) It's hard to give negative points re ferrets when ya have so many, but I too point out the energy, love, time and costs that weasel owners incur, and lay it on thick when I see a potential problem person.... like someone who would think of a ferret as a pet, and not an equal ;-) I've known many pet owners over the decades.... all with dogs, cats, gerbils, even duck, horses, and pigs.... not a one of them has even come close to the totally insane way we ferret people are with our babies! what's up with that?? I've sobbed more over the death of a ferret than any of the humans in my life that have died! Whacked I tell you, a bubble off plumb, loose wiring, missing screws, (Tool hoarder talking)... Has anyone looked into the psychology of people with ferrets? I'm not saying that we need to act normal, mind you,,,, I'm just realizing that my co-workers no longer refer to me by my job description, but as the "one with all the ferrets".... Well, one last poo patrol and off to bed.... We only have one weasel (AKA the other woman) who sleeps with us. she's old blind, and grooms with no biting.... she snores too. Michelle the sleep deprived, and the gang of 14 [Posted in FML issue 4706]