In response to your post on fostering...I foster a lot of ferrets from our ferret shelter and I don't know if she has a policy or not on supplying the litter and food but I just take in on my own to supply whatever is needed with the exception of the medical bills (will help out here if I can) and some meds that I usually don't have on hand for my guys... I figure it this way....the shelters are already struggling and if I can offer them some kind of relief by taking over the food, litter and other things-what is one more when it comes to food and litter that you already have for your own group again with the exception if there is any special foods required and if I can I will try to get that also on my own. My only problem is I usually adopt the fosters after awhile (just can't seem to part with them especially when they are old and ill--the bonding is just too strong for me to give them up...These are just my thoughts on fostering but in no way reflects what is right or wrong.. Fostering is the greatest and I will probably continue to do it for as long as I can.. Jackie Dominic, Laney, BumbleBear At the bridge: Taz, Opie, Harvey, Buster, Plato, Cybil, Simon, Peanut, Lexi, Bandit http://www.geocities.com/fuzzymum Also check out my ebay items: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZfuzzymum [Posted in FML issue 5274]