Hi all, I'm the still fairly new pet of Punk and Rock, two neutered yet manly ferrets, one a white footed sable about 17 weeks, the other a silver about 11 weeks (who just emerged from a bath still kicking and screaming... now they think they are ballistic missiles as they rip around the house trying to dry off on the carpet!) Anyway, someone wrote in asking about whether MA was a FFZ, and another mentioned the legislation pending to legalize ferrets. I thought I would let you all know that I called my rep to find out the status of the bill...and it looks good! One of the aides there told me that it already had passed in the House and several committees, and if it had gotten that far, it was likely to fly through all the other committees, sub-committees, sub-sub committees, etc! We also had a nice conversation about ferrets in general! :) Whether this will happen by January...well, let me just say the response to that question was a sarcastic chuckle..but at least we have 'eventually'! Also thought I'd mention that putting cushy stuff in the corners where you don't want your ferrets to "go" has been a tad short of successful.. they just play in the stuff (I used sheets) and drag it around. ::sigh:: It's been great 'listening' to all the great stuff on this mailing list-- I would have commented sooner except that d-lite keeps failing my internet sends and it took some courage to return to the 'old' way of doing things! Condolences to all of you who have sick ferrets or ones recently passed away...one of the reasons I got these guys is that my two dogs are getting up there, one who is acting very healthy now but has a very bad heart and could be gone in the blink of an eye. A lousy thing to think about, of course, but the price one pays for loving anything. Tracy and "The Ferre-Tones" (and boy do they 'sing' in the bath!) [Posted in FML issue 0671]