I've been out-of-town so forgive the mass reply: Melissa, the Ann Arbor article was saved because of you, and I as a ferret lover thank you for it. A pet store in Hartland had a copy and you brightened up an otherwise negative article in my opinion. I get sad thinking that ferrets are a fad pet right now in Michigan. The owner even told me he rescued a ferret that was left in the field behind the store. Good thing the press didn't get wind of that or else there would have been a field day (No pun intended). Doesn't ignorance make you angry? Chris, I have a copy of the f/x pet dept segment on ferrets. I kinda think it could have been better, but I am probably being picky. If you really want a copy I can help you. Just email. Jeff, As for ferret tricks, all three of ours know how to roll over for raisins. We cut them up into a bunch of pieces and a raisin or two will last a heck of a lot longer than usual. Just make their head follow the raisin behind their back and they will flip naturally. They catch on. AND: I found a sorority sister on the FML. She was the first person I knew to have ferrets and thus interested me in them. The other day I noticed she posted something and so I got to let her know that she made me the ferret freak that I am today. Cool huh? Marianne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marianne Aseng ([log in to unmask]), Jeff Bruizeman ([log in to unmask]) and the babies: Val the attitude ferret, Scruff the classic ferret, and Cicero the wish-he-were-ours ferret. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Posted in FML issue 1267]