Hello everyone. January of this year I was thrilled with the idea of moving out of my house since I was graduating college. My parents allowed lizards (hence, my large iguanas Socrates and Tailless) but no ferrets. I began researching the idea immediately. Several weeks after I moved into my new apartment, I had been calling around the local pet stores. No one had ferrets. No one was getting ferrets for quite awhile (Christmas or Thankgiving...gift-giving holidays.) I was stuck...or so I thought. One day after coming home from a long walk to the pet store, I felt rather restless and unfocused. I couldn't get my mind off ferrets. I would pace the room, then sit down on the couch, then spring right back up and pace again. As if my hands were being guided, I suddenly found myself calling the local pet stores again. As usual, all replies were "No ferrets." Why was I doing this? I almost closed the yellow pages when I realized there was one last store in town I had not called. Reluctantly, almost anticipating disappointment, I began to call. Minutes later, I was behind the wheel of my 4x4 heading to this tiny shop...a single ferret had been dropped off by his family only an hour ago. The family was moving away and he could not go with them. Needless to say, the pet store owner was surprised by the turn of events. The ferret, an albino male, decented and neutered, was everything I had hoped for. Less than 2 hours after losing his family, Sage had a new home. Today, about four months after Sage came home, he is quite merry and well-adjusted. He has learned his new name (his original name was "Pinky", which he didn't respond to anyway). He is less than a year old, and he is well loved by this ferret fanatic. Everywhere we go, he always seems to be turning heads in this small country town. He is quite a celebrity on our block. All the local children suddenly appear when we come walking down the street. Sage loves the affection and attention. After all the sad stories on the FML lately, I thought I would share my happy one. If anyone on this list is in the Susquehanna Valley, PA (Berwick, Nesopeck, Bloomsburg, Milton, Millville, Mt. Carmel, Danville, Northumberland, Buckhorn, or Sunbury) and has a ferret looking for a good home, I can and will provide one. Please contact me personally at my e-mail address. Thank you...sorry to take up so much space! Bright bless and love to all of you and the creatures in your care, Brittany, Sage, Socrates, Tailless [log in to unmask] I'm wild, I'm free...I've got the power of music in me! [Posted in FML issue 1281]