As you know I have been the craigslist "ferret police" on the Oregon coast, warning people who are giving their ferrets away to be careful of snake owners and dog fighters. I also look at photos if they are posted for icky stuff like cheap cat food, etc that is included with the ferret and then tell people to PLEASE not give that to the new people. Well...some people email back and thank me....most do not... and on those rare times I am asked to take the ferret or ferrets. I've been broadening my horizons and have checked craigslists in other parts of OR. Well, two different ferret owners inland contacted me to take their ferrets. I gave my daughter their contact numbers because BOTH lived near where she goes to college about 3 1/2 hours from here. Can you believe it? Plus she was coming home for winter break! When she contacted one family they INSISTED that she take the ferret IMMEDIATELY.... so giant Boomer spent a few days in her dorm room.... ssshhh. Liz never even told me until she got home. The other family had 3 ferrets living sometimes in the house and other times OUTSIDE in a small rabbit hutch....eating cheap cat food. There had been 4 but one "disappeared". When Liz arrived to take the ferrets the wife was locked outside by the irate husband and she was screaming obsenities at him, banging on the door....she told Liz they were arguing but not about the ferrets. Liz politely refused the nasty, poop-crusted rabbit hutch....thankfully. Boomer....5 yr old "female" with a bellybutton! Ya right! So this poor guy has been in a small cage for FIVE years walking on wire, with only an old towel to sleep on with parrot toys hanging from pieces of twine and eating Meow Mix....ICK. He had been posted repeatedly on craiglist which is the main reason I made contact because I felt he was on the verge of being dumped. He's flabby, floppy, and his teeth are covered with tarter.....double ICK. Boomer not only looks like my sweet Parker who recently left for the Bridge, he also has his personality! Can you believe it? The other 3 who came with horrible names and are waiting for new ones include a teeny tiny white girl with a black-tipped tail (ermine looking) who is definitely a cross between Gem and Socks who also left for the Bridge recently. One other is a pretty white girl who is totally overwhelmed by everything and then there's a cinnamon Siamese guy who is a look-alike for my Hero. Nancy, who is feeling so blessed and SO HAPPY with 15 [Posted in FML 7271]