Hi all, I've come upon an idea. We are a close knit community, all of us ferret fanatics. We all know Alexandra's ferrets from the FML and Ferrets magazine; we know Wolfy's Rocky and Pharohs (sp?)...why not introduce ourselves and our ferrets? I'll start and hope that I make new friends, nearby or far away :-) I'm Leslie Cucino, I live in Cranston, RI and am married to the most tolerate man, (Bobby) in the world. I have three sons, Joshua 14, Greg, 20 in college and Eddy, 22 also in college. I have family from RI to Loveland, CO and Hawaii. We currently are slaves to 14 ferrets as follows: Saide: almost 3 years old and should be our dominant female but is just a fuzzy football; Sparky, also almost 3 years old and he freaks at the sound of a squeaky but otherwise is soft and loving; Rocky, our dog pound rescue...we don't know how old he is but best guess is about 4 years now. A real lap ferret! Little One, my albino pet store rescue. My underweight, near death miracle who stepped into Shelby's shoes when she passed to become the Matriarch; Patches and Ruby, my year old deaf brother and sister terrors on four paws; Kaos, almost a year, he's my mentally challenged fuzzy baby, not too quick on the uptake but a lovey bug; Taz, my Tasmanian She-Devil who gives affectionate bites while kissing... we're still working with her; Sox, my tubby loverboy, a whole 6 months old and four pounds Kai and Luna, our three and three and a half year old babies from MaFF, a bonded pair and just a lovey as can be. Kai is our 'Wise Guy' with the crooked nose!; Cherish, a 'turn in' to MaFF and supposed biter (according to former owner). A real sweetie, just deaf and all of 6 months old and already a real spoiled Daddy's Girl; and finally Casper and Willow. He's a...you guessed it, an Albino! A big brute who loves to snuggle, play and give kisses, and Willow, our reforming biter. An absolutely gorgeous Champagne girl whose learning from us and her foster home with Robin of MaFF what it's like to be loved! So there you have it, plus two dogs, brother and sister, (Mickey who loves ferrets and Buddy who is terrified of them) and Smokey the cat who thinks ferrets are beneath him! We've survived DIM (Whitey 2002-2004) and Lymphoma (Shelby 2001-2006) and a terrible accident (Nibbles 2004-2005) and are still here to love as many fuzzies as possible! I'd love to correspond with those near and far :-) Who are you? Leslie "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."- Plato [Posted in FML issue 5140]