I'm new at posting, and new on the FML, but I have had ferrets for seven years. The first one I got was in 2000 the year my husband passed away, my Nick. I walked into a small pet store and there he was, and it was love at first sight. He stole my heart right away, a heart that had been shattered from a death, and a very trumatic experiance following my husband's death. This little creature brought back to me something very important, love, and most of all laughter, I laughted until I cried when he bounced across my bed in a war dance and off the other side. I have had many since Nick, they passed on, one was his partner Noah who is now in a small book by Jennifer Demming, Ferrets with Attitude, he wears a bakers hat and shirt, and is surrounded by mixing bowl etc. The two first loves of my lives, Nick and Noah. Now I have five, and have added two little DMK girls. Which for me will make seven, and that is enough for me. I am so happy that these little girls were saved because if they were'nt, I would have never got to hold them and love them. they are very beautiful, and my fur kids have excepted them. These ferrets and the others that were rescued would have never had the chance for a second chance at life if it had not been for the rescue. What is the most important thing is those ferrets, they were living in horrible conditions,as I understand, and thank God above for that rescue! I volunteer at the rescue I got my little girls from here in Michigan, and I have also adoped my others from the same place. I love each and every ferret here at the rescue, and have watched as the DMK kids have blossomed as they getget ready for new homes, and some have already gone to new homes. I love being part of the ferret community too, and have sat back and have been reading all of this bashing going on, and let me tell you, it saddens me! It seems to me that those who continue to bash are forgetting the little creatures that this rescue saved! So, it wasn't purfact, but it happened, it got those babies to a safe place and to new lives! That is what it was all about, the bashing is getting old with me and I see with many others too! There is no place here for it. Lets calm down and work together, and the next time it happens those of you who think they could have done better, well go for it. Seems the people who do good things get kicked in the face after all is said and done, when they have done the best they could have done at the time. So please, stop, we are better than that, say something good or don't say it at all! Linda from Muskegon MI. [Posted in FML 5815]