Hi Laura, Wow - that's one lucky little fuzzbutt to have found you!! If it were me - the only other thing I'd do is to call all the local veterinarians to see if they have a client with a ferret that matches that little lost soul you are sheltering. Not so much to return him to his owners but to get a sense of health status, if even known. Neglect is a form of abuse - I wouldn't return him to his owners, who I suspect may not want him anyway. How likely is it that an adrenal ferret with no fur, clearly vulnerable, would make a beeline for the greater outdoors - unless it was a suicide attempt? Tressie A. Dutchyn, MA ID PhD student, Dalhousie University Research Associate Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network for Social & Behavioral Issues in Hepatitis C & HIV/AIDS Department of Community Health & Epidemiology Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine [Posted in FML 5784]