I can understand where you are coming from. Down here in Fredericksburg, VA roughly a good hour or so from Richmond, I keep getting emails and calls from people needing to find a place to put these guys. I am not a shelter, nor do I have the money to get my Foster program 501 ked so I can only take in and foster the amount that I have personal money for. Right now...I got suckered into taking two fuzzies in who were "boy & girl, one losing hair." I had just lost the last of my two oldies, one from insulinoma, the other from adrenal so I had a friend answering questions for the program and getting new homes situated while I let my kids and my heart recover from the losses. But...I said alright to these two and find out some not so surprising details. My Baldie is 90% bald, skinny, and NOT a boy. The second ferret hates ferrets and has problems just attacking ferrets that come close. I tried re homing these girls twice because they just didn't seem to like my other kids and had problems switching to raw. BUT..every time, including resent trys, they turned around and started to adjust better. I want to do what's right for them yet my heart wants to nurture these girls into a retirement home. But with the addition of these two making my personal group go to 13 with 2 adrenal kids, I can't foster until money settles back down. DON"T go on craigslist. I hate that place with a vengeance but I go there for the free section and too look for feeder animals on sale. The amount of ferrets on there makes me sad AND unfortunately there is a hoarder going around collecting these guys. I have gotten a email from this couple twice and they never email me back about pictures, or other friendly talk. If there is a free ferret listed, rarely, I warn them about the people. A few caring people ask me for photos, and crap to prove that I am not a hoarder, or that I really do work with a group of friends to foster and re home these kids. It makes me feel great full that they are at least looking into their best wish's for the kids. I always send them links to my photo bucket account, face book page where the Ferret Friends Group aka three of my foster friends are there, etc. TTYL, Foster Ferrent of Toddle Tuff Foster Program. Ferrets: Lelloo & jack, Ripply & Dakota, Pixie Demon, Bear & Swiper, Tulia, Tazzie, Dirt & Wheeze, Lucy & Nyu Dogs: Sim ( People Aggressive ), And Bo ( Mastive mix pup ) Cat: Sam ( loves Sim ) <http://s218.photobucket.com/home/AsriaNightingale> [Posted in FML 7082]