We are new to ferrets and will be taking ours in for their 1st distemper shots. This may be a dumb question, but the vet here said they'd be getting female distemper shots, whereas our literature says they were given canine distemper shots. Is there a difference? Also, does anyone keep their ferrets outdoors in a cage? We have ours in a walkin closet now and they may remain housepets... they are doing pretty well, but I am not a pet person (the ferrets belong to my daughters, given to them by their grandma when they were 600 miles away. They all came home on a plane). My girls are *very* good w/animals and so is their father. We live on a ranch and have rabbits, goats, dog, cat, potbellied pig, calves, all outdoors... [Posted in FML issue 0807]