Anonymous, please. David Gifford wrote last week about trying to find shelter for carpet sharks during the holidays and said he would hate to have to try to take them to California. My advice is DO NOT BRING your ferrets to California unless you know how to bypass the border crossing stations. (By the way, I can give instructions on how to do this on I-80 if anybody wants to know.) We actually had a permit for ours when we moved to California (you could still get them then IF it was a neutered male), and still had a long wait at the border while the inspectors called Sacramento to see if it was legit. Anyway, it's not worth the risk of losing your little pals. -- Rikki & Mitts' Dad [Posted in FML issue 0371]