A reply to the person that said she had someone looking for ferrets to adopt to feed snakes. This is just unbelieveable. As a member of two large reptile online communities Ive never heard of anyone doing such a thing. I own three loving ferrets as well as reptiles(snakes and lizards). I dont know of any ferret shelter that adopts for free.Most charge a reasonable but rather large adoption fee. Why would someone pay that, when they can get rats for 5 dollars or even rabbits for 10, and chickens for even cheaper. Not to mention the damage a carnivore like a ferret could do to even a large snake( responsible snake owners would never endanger thier animal by feeding it such dangerous prey, most feed frozen/thawed or prekilled rats/rabbits from special companies that sell for that purpose)...I just cant see this happening unless it was a hoax or prank..Im am sorry I dont usually get so upset but I am tired of reptile owners always being seen as Devils in disguise ready to feed any cute fuzzy creature to thier snakes. Yes I know that there are idiot pet owners in all realms but this just seems rather unlikely.. Please dont think Im saying you the person who wrote the message made it up at all, but it just seems unlikely to be something that happens often if ever again.. So please think long and hard before judging us reptile owners... We do love our ferrety friends and our cats and dogs too.... Cc [Posted in FML 5482]