I have been saying for years that the problem with intact ferrets is not the same as with altered ferrets, but not having a University Degree I have been shouted down by many ferret owners here in the UK who know better than anyone else. Humans that are spayed or castrated for one reason or another have to have their hormones replaced, so why not ferrets. If the sex hormones are not replaced in humans then they suffer from Brittle Bone or Osteoporosis so what about the ferrets could they not suffer from the same thing? The man with a new idea is a crank until other take it up Mark Twain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intact-ferrets/ http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/house-ferrets http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/First_Page-Index.html [Posted in FML issue 5120]