Thank you to everyone for their responses with info on doxies & ferrets! we brought home the little girl - she is a mini dachshund - and once we saw how well she got along with the other dogs & cats we introduced her to the ferrets & they were way more interested in her than she was in them :) lots of sniffing - it looked like when we introduce a new ferret, only the newbie was pretty blase about them & more interested in playing with their tubes & checking out their food :) thanks again, you guys on the list are all super!!! now can you figure out a magical way to get people to stop buying pet rabbits & then dumping them on us 2 months later??? argh!!!! we are up to 28 rabbits now- ten in the last 2 weeks! people drive me nuts! you know what i would like to see- a 24 hour waiting period before any pet store can sell a pet rabbit or ferret- they are such impulse buys - maybe some would be prevented if they sent any prospective buyers home with info & said they can come back in 24 hrs- the last rabbit that came in was bought at a pet store by a girl who went in to get fish!!!!! she saw the bunny & just had to have it- then realized she cant keep it at her place and no one else would take it- argh!!!!!!!!!! oh and if anyone has a magical way to raise about 8 grand let me know too- thats what we'll need to build a new rabbit enclosure, and get the new ones all spayed & neutered.... argh.... and there are the possible 4 more ferrets coming in next week- 3 of which are bald according to the caller and have been so for a year- i said get them to a vet asap or get them to me so i can get them in - she said she had to think about it..grrrr...last time that happened the person finally brought in the 2 sick babies and one died within days - the other we got in time and she is doing fantastic- i wish they wouldnt wait- just get them in here if theya rent going to take them to a vet!!!! ok enough whining- back to rejoicing in the successful introduction of the doxie :) yippee!!!!! thnx!! beth www.crittercamp.biz [Posted in FML 5427]