[Please be careful to line wrap your postings. Otherwise, I have to do it for you.] This is in response to Troy Lynns message in FML issue 844. I'm from Sweden, and as in Norway we are free of rabies. Ferrets are of course legal here. But I suppose you have to go through quarantine if bringing one in from abroad. If you want more information about Swedish legislation etc. feel free to ask and I'll look in to it. At the question of what to call a group of ferrets, I really liked chaos best. At least that's most appropriate concerning my three ferrets (Shira,Thor & Bilbo). Finally I want your opininons about the behaviour of my "female"-ferret Shira. She's supposed to be castrated/neutered or what the correct english term is, but some small parts must have been missed because she still gets into "something like heat". Luckily one of my males is still unneutured so he takes care of her condition. But now she has a strange behaviour that I would like to know if anyoune else has seen? She behaves very motherly and I suppose she has gone through a false pregnancy. She's so cute caring for all her toys just as if they were her children moving them from hideout to hideout. Thor our castrate-male also gets some motherly attention (to much in his opinion=). The thing that bothers me is her constant unrest, she's making putting and peeping noises almost constanly as if she's trying to "speak" with her imaginary children, calling for them. She also seems a little to uptight (like a typical "hen mother" =). My question is has anyone else seen this "playing mother" behaviour, and do you think it will be dangerous? As additional information I can add that she's on her 3:rd year and last year she was also castrated an showing similar behaviour. Her operation was supposed to be complete. I mean not just a sterilization but a complete removal of whatever the organs are called in english. So it was the proper operation and the reason for her state must be some small remainings, just enough to give her the wrong signals so to speak. [Posted in FML issue 0845]