After reading Randie's post about the manager at her local Petco not receiving pertinent info and wondering why, I decided to talk to my sister-in-law. She used to be a manager of a Petco after working there for several years. According to her, Petco doesn't offer very good employee education and they're pretty bad about notifying employees about problems - such as the fact that ferrets can catch many of the same viruses that humans can catch. So basically, it's up to the manager and/or employees to do the research on their own. However, they sell so many different types of animals in their store and information changes ALL the time, that doing the research would be a full time job! I've been thinking about emailing Petco's corporate office and requesting that they offer better education to their employees. There are numerous times I've gone into that store and received bad information - and some of the employees refuse to admit they're wrong because they think they're some kind of expert because they work at a pet store! Luckily, my sister-in-law is very educated about a lot of animals as she is an animal lover herself and is owned by dogs, birds, ferrets, insects, amphibians, reptiles, cats, etc. She was able to educate her staff very well but she's no longer a manager and that store went downhill fast. My sister almost bought a baby rat there, but she found out the poor thing was very sick before she did. So sad. Anyway, as for the "other stuff" - I just have a quick question - how do you give your ferrets food and water in their carrier without it spilling all over the place? I just have one of those small Pet Taxi carriers and it's big enough for my 2 fuzzies. The only thing is that the little snap-on food/water bowl that came with it is pretty useless. It's very shallow and the food/water spills all over. So any suggestions would be great! I was thinking about a small mouse-sized water bottle and a lock-on food bowl, but I think the wire door is too small for that. Also, they're only in their carrier to go to the vet so I only need enough food and water in there to last a couple hours. Thanks everyone! Melissa ___________________________ http://www.zazzle.com/china_cat84* http://www.etsy.com/shop/artbymelissa "Only a ferret can successfully steal your heart and keep you from ever finding it again!" ~ Myself [Posted in FML 6511]