This is Sue Pyron. Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love words and how much I talk....to anyone..........to anything, talk, talk,talk. The other night I was talking away one the phone to my sister in Ca. We were discussing cats, dogs, and ferrets. We talked about the love we have for cats, we talked about how loyal and loving dogs are. Then, out of the blue, she says to me, you've had dogs,cat,even a raccoon. What is it that evokes such an intense love. Why are all of the ferret people treat thier ferrrets like little babies. She then asked me why.....do ferret people, time after time, give their hearts, so intensly to these animals,only to have it broken, again & again, Want to know what I said?? I hemed, & ummed, I could'nt answer! I was SPEECHLESS!!! Me, who almost never shuts up, couldn't say anything. My own intense love for ferrerts, my ferrets, I suppose is so deep within me, that no words could come up when the feelings are so protected within my heart. BTW, talking about heartbreak, I soon will be going thru that horrible pain AGAIN of losing a fuzzkid. My Oscar, the most beautiful little fluff-ball has started packing for her trip to the bridge. She's getting a lot of help from Lymphoma, Insulinoma, & an enlarged heartBTW I didn't name her 'Oscar" I got her from a friend of my son's and I figured she had enough stress, I;m not going to change her name, so there!!! Fuzzie kissies & Whisker Tickles Sue & Crew [Posted in FML issue 4855]