Pat - you're quite correct. While no real study of ferrets has yet been done, estimates are tha they're somewhere around #7. Hopefully, we'll soon have a better source for that particular piece of data. The National Domestic Ferret Census will hopefully give us a better picture of the number of magnificent there are in the US. If finished in time, it may also add muscle to the CDFA argument. More info will be printed shortly. Roger [Posted in FML issue 0391]