I was in a pet and pet food store yesterday and casually asked if they ever have ferrets for sale in the store. The worker said no, but if people wanted a ferret, they ordered them from Montreal (Quebec - on the east side of Ontario). He also said that by ordering this way, they would be able to get whatever the customer wanted in terms of a ferret - meaning whole or altered as the customer wished. Now, i didn't ask further, but I *hope* that if the ferrets requested are to be fixed and descented that they are old enough for it (ie, older than the six weeks I keep hearing about). I was impressed with this store's policy on ferrets - definitely cuts down on impulse buying by uninformed customers. Unfortunately, I wasn't impressed with this store for displaying kittens in a small cage (and bunnies at Easter time). Oh well, perhaps they will "custom" order other pets in the future instead of keeping them in small cages. Inez [Posted in FML issue 0796]