My thanks to Pam Greene for reposting the info on obtaining a copy of the STAT*Ferret database. I'd tried to do so off the top of my head (my references being packed after my recent move). I'd like to add to any CompuServe members subscribing to the FML that the STAR database is also availabe for download from the Small Mammals Library/Library 11 of the Pets/Animals Forum (GO PETS). I cannot emphasize enough what a valuable resource the STAR database is. For those unfamiliar with it, STAR*Ferrets is Shelters That Adopt & Rescue Ferrets, a nationwide (U.S.) organization out of Virginia, run by Pam Grant. Pam has put a lot of time and effort into the compilation and maintenance of this database, which contains a comprehensive listing of ferret breeders, shelters, vets, clubs, contacts and suppliers. Though not as extensive as the U.S. listings, it also contains international listings. I'd like to ask FML subscribers to check out this list, and if your vet or other ferret contact is not on this list to PLEASE e-mail me with the pertinent info -- name, address, phone number -- of your vet or other ferret contact, and I will be THRILLED to compile this info and pass it on to Pam Grant for inclusion on the next STAR*Ferret update. As we've all noted, ferret info can be sometimes difficult to come by, so all the resources we can gather and support will only help us all! In my own case, I discovered the FML through CompuServe more than two years ago, when I was desperately seeking information on lymphosarcoma in ferrets when my beloved Bandit was diagnosed with this disease. For those of you who are more recent subscribers to the FML who didn't get to follow Bandit's journey, I can tell you that he has been in remission for about a year now, following a year of chemotherapy. The support I got through the FML and from CompuServe was absolutely invaluable; I am firmly convinced that Bandit would not be alive today without them. For those interested, the chemotherapy protocol that Bandit underwent was posted to the FML back then and can be found in the back issues. Pam Greene, I would like to forward this to you under separate cover for inclusion in your ferret FAQ, assuming you don't already have it. Whew, I haven't spent so much time on the FML ferret soapbox for a long time! Katie, Jeff, Bandit, Molly, Charlie, Pogo & Sigmund -------------------------------------------------- Katie Fritz Small Mammals Section Leader/CompuServe Pets Forum Internet: [log in to unmask] CIS: 71257,3153 [Posted in FML issue 0720]