Chris, I posted this on Rec.pets and it was suggested that I also post it here. Sorry it's long, but I hope it helps some of the newer owners out there. [I appreciate the effort, but a lot of this has been covered before in the list. I'm also presently working on a FAQ issue about ferrets that I will post once, and email to new subscribers. I will probably merge in a bit of your information into my FAQ if it is okay with you. I also received another similar message which was 4 or 5 *times* the size of yours. For the moment, what I'm going to do instead is to recommend that EVERY ferret owner should have a copy of: Ferrets, by Chuck and Fox Morton, Barron's Press or Ferrets, by Wendy Winstead, TFH. These are reasonably recent, and cover all of this in great detail.] [Posted in FML issue 0235]