Thanks to all who have posted aging ferret info, its at least reassuring to hear what others have experienced. As to Anais' blindness, the news is that as far as I know (Colin??) she isn't running into things any more than the usual ferret-frenzies. She does, however seem to sniff around more often than usual & stops more. Colin also recently brought his fingers right up to the eyeball with *NO* response. Maybe she can still see shapes... On the rescued ferret & old & young ferret interactions, I have had two experiences with introducing young and old ferrets. Both were quite successful & have resulted in life-long bonds between the two, but there was quite a bit of harrassment that the older ferret had to suffer & some pretty vicious battles (mostly harmless, but I've found bite marks more than once). In both cases the older ferrets were at an age that they still had lots of spunk. I would be hesitant to introduce a very young ferret to a very old ferret. In the case of the pair we have now, Bo has become a very **FIERCE** defender of Anais (the older of the two). He will attack other ferrets & any other animal (including our 65 lb. dog) & we suspect this is in protection of Anais. We don't know if we will be able to ever get him to accept any other ferret, even when Anais is gone. He fortunately, gets along fine with the dog, since the dog has some respect (& a little fear) for the weasel & the dog doesn't suffer much damage from the ferret, thus they end up accidentally playing! More ruminations & remincicences from the remote & ferret-less ferret parent, Cynthia. [Posted in FML issue 0418]