I was one of the IFC members to tour the Petsmart in the St Louis area. Although I am not happy to see another pet store chain selling ferrets, I was pleased to see for myself that Petsmart is making the effort to do it right. I thought the kits were good-sized, very active and healthy looking. Their housing was much, much better than any I have seen in other pet store. If there was anything at all that I was concerned about - it was about some of the products stocked on the shelf - which as most of you know, an effort is underway to get those removed - not just from Petsmarts shelves, but Petco, The Ferret Store, the Ferret Depot and even a few small shelter webstores have joined in. Like I said, I don't like to see ferrets sold in pet stores, but I do not believe there is anything we will ever be able to do to stop this. I don't think jumping up and down and yelling and screaming will accomplish anything, and if I am going to exert that kind of effort, then I am going to take advantage of the fact that we have someone in a position of power in one of the major pet stores who is willing to listen to us! If ferrets have to be sold in pet stores, I would like to see them like the ones I saw in this Petsmart. They were the best I have ever seen in a pet store anywhere. I know this was just one store - but I am hoping to be able to check out another location or two in the near future. I will go in as a customer asking questions and I will report my finding both here and to Dr. Mike. Judy Cooke Co-Director IFC Support Our Shelters [Posted in FML issue 4882]