Greetings Everyone! I don't post very often but read the list everyday. I run a newer shelter/organization with my good friend. We have set up procedures for new ferrets that come in and we have been lucky that we haven't been swamped...yet. Anyways we have an interesting case and I'm wondering if anyone would be able to offer up and advice or assistance. We got in 5 ferrets from Northeast Texas. They had a few bumps in the road getting here. There were originally 12. The 12 ferrets were kept in a dog kennel with a dirt floor, no food or water. Someone went to the house, another animal rescuer although I don't know his name, and rescued the ferrets. By the time that the guy got there some were already dead, as in way past rigamortis dead. So the 12 remaining were taken. After that 4 of the ferrets were taken to a lady that had ferrets and lived near by. 8 of the ferrets went to the rescuers home and escaped from the large cat carrier that he had them in for transport. (I'm assuming that he doesn't have much ferret experience) He tried to catch all of them but only wound up finding 5. So, the 5 came to us. The ferrets were very thin but other than that looked medically ok. They are eating very well and putting on weight quickly. They were then taken to the vet for shots and ADV testing and health check. All 5 were kept separate from the other ferrets in the house, every precaution was being taken. Their linens weren't even done in the same load of laundry with bleach. We have a quarantine room in that house. ADV testing comes back, Avacon saliva (not the quick test) 3 of the 5 are positive. Now the panicking starts. We have about 4 houses that the ferrets that come to us are split between. I take the ones with behavioral problems to be corrected. My other director takes the medicals. The other 2 houses are where the healthy and behaviorally normal ones go, we have it set up this way so that they don't get shelter shock and give the behaviorally normal ones any behavior problems. It's just easier on the ferrets. We do not have an ADV positive home for them to go to and I can not loose my medical house to become ADV positive. But it get's worse, the 5 ferrets are all around 2-3 years old and they are out for blood. Some of the worst biters that I have seen in a while, since my Pandora (she bit 2 people in the face among other places and people and one bite required stitches) Took me 6 months to rehab her and about 1-2 years before I was comfortable with other people handling her without me there. Now she's my snuggliest ferret. I have 2 def and 1 blind. This is why I take the ones with behavior problems. They just need a little work and a lot of love before they go to their new homes. I cannot take these 5. I don't have anywhere to be able to segregate them in my home from the other ferrets. So I can deal with the biting, but not the ADV. The other 2 foster homes could deal with the ADV but not with them being bad biters, they just don't have the experience. Also, keeping them in the house that they are currently in is just not an option. I cannot loose my sick home to ADV, and I just can't put the adrenals and insulinomics at risk. So just declaring her an ADV home is not an option. She doesn't have a full time job, so she is the best medical house that you could ask for. So here is my question to all of you. Where do you put ADV positive ferrets that are out for blood? It would be so much easier if they were sweet and snuggly, but they aren't. At least not right now, but maybe with time and love. If anyone has any suggestions or knows someone that would be interested in caring for them, please email me or just post. PS: Already called Yvonne at Fuzztec's in NJ who is a friend (ADV positive shelter-since closed down) and she can't take them, called STAR in Texas and she is ADV free now and can't take them, also talked to Faith the AFA shelter director (who also happens to be my volunteering boss) and the only one that came to mind for her was STAR. A message about this case is also being posted to the ADV board. So if this is what came to mind for you, it's already been tried...lol Take care, Samantha [Posted in FML issue 5154]