Hi all, This is my first time to say "Hi" to everyone of you. I enjoy reading your stories and a tons of things I can learn from. We have a girl ferret nemed "Binkey". At first, my husband was the one who kept saying "Please get one!" I even did not know what ferrets were then. We got her for his birthday present about a year ago and I thought she was supposed to belong to him (at least that's what Jason thought?!!) well, for some odd reasons she made up her mind that she belonged to human female... ME! OUR Binkey is "A Sleeping Beauty". I don't know the ferrets you guys have sleep that much! When she is up, she is very active and eats and does her own stuff? etc...but once she lay herself down on her hammock, she becomes a little prinsess "A Sleeping Beauty". She's got dogs and cats to play with, and they are pretty good friends. Out of living things (I would not tell you how many...) in my house, Binkey's favorite is my 2-year-old daughter Allison. She sure is 2, and sometime she treats Binkey rough (that's the time a little girl and mom need to have a talk :) ), but again for some odd reasons our Binkey loves to be close to her most! Binkey follows and walks beside and when she stops, Binkey stops and looks up and they keep going and going marching around :) Well, that's a part of my family stories. (believe me, there are quite MORE) At last, thank you all for giving me a place to learn about our friend ferrets, and also giving me a place to meet people who love and care for animals :) I'll talk to you all soon :) Ako Shiffer [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1231]