Thanks, Monica, for your encouragement - I have been diligent about checking the Humane Society, pet stores et al for a captured ferret, still looking for my own Tiki and also thinking about adoption. However, here in Michigan, the Humane Society is still out of touch on the ferret issue - also, they only keep lost pet reports for a month. Tiki was ear-tatooed, I got her that way from the pet store. I've never heard of an "INFO-Pet microchip implant" though - what is it? Is it really safe for a ferret? -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Eva John Lyford, [log in to unmask], http://www.umich.edu/~trinket Graduate Student, Institute of Public Policy Studies Research Assistant, Information Technology Division University of Michigan [Posted in FML issue 1155]