When Michigan legalized ferrets in 1994, the law made it mandatory that "A person who sells or transfers a ferret shall furnish a ferret health information sheet provided by the director to the person to whom a ferret is sold or transferred". This includes Michigan pet stores. (I'll note here that you will rarely find a pet store in Michigan who DOES provide this Ferret Health Advisory Sheet; and they are, therefore, in violation of the Michigan Ferret Law Act 358 of 1994.) When that Ferret Health Advisory Sheet came out in 1994, the information was vague and severely lacking real information ferret owners could satisfactorily use. To top it off, the picture on the cover of the tri-fold was a black-footed ferret. Nothing against the BFF but we're talking about domesticated ferrets here, folks. I'm very happy to announce the Michigan Dept. of Agriculture has revised the Ferret Health Advisory Sheet with my recommendations. You can visit the State of Michigan Dept of Ag site and download the pamphlet. Brochures I'm also pleased that they've replaced the black-footed ferret with a picture of just the cutest little sable ferret who happens to be sticking his tongue out. His name is Indiana and he was rescued from the Huntington, Indiana, Humane Society in April 2003. He was found in the humane society weekend drop box at the age of 5-6 months, infested with ticks, starving, unneutered and not descented. He was taken to his new "Aunt Rebecca's" house in Ft. Wayne where he was "de-ticked", bathed and fed. He was then transported to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the West Michigan Ferret Connection. He was neutered but not descented. I couldn't adopt Indy out. He's my rough-and-tumble little boy .... my little Dennis The Menace. He's always got his little tongue sticking out ... it's like his little trademark. He "poofs" at social events (he cleared a room at an Easter party last year and he practically cleared out PETCO-Grand Rapids this past January). Credit for the picture goes to Jennifer Deming of Photos With Flair. Dee Gage owner/operator, West Michigan Ferret Connection co-founder, Midwest Ferret Fellowship member, Michigan Dept of Agriculture Companion Animal Advisory Committee [Posted in FML issue 4815]