Hello! My boyfriend and I got our first ferret back in March...Abi was my birthday present. What a terrific gift she turned out to be! She is now nine months old, and last Friday got a new brother...a light haired sable male named Samson. At only 10 weeks, he is bigger and wilder than Abi, but also a lot cuddlier. I think this is due to the fact he is only a baby and can switch from on to off instantaniously. Wherever he lands when his body says it's time for a nap is where he sleeps. Abi, on the other hand, could be thoroughly exhausted but will not sleep unless she's in her hammock or inside our new sofa. (Within ten minutes of having it, she found a gap in the lining between the corner cushions, and you'd think we bought her a little piece of heaven.) SO...we are now totally hooked on the little fuzzies, and are eagerly searching out all the info we can possibly get our hands on so we can bring our little ones up as wonderfully as possible. Conrad said in a year or two he'd like to have 5 or 6 of them, and a room in our house (which we don't have yet) turned into "the ferret room", kinda like the monkey exibit at the zoo. Complete with tubes and carpet and hanging things, etc. I told him if he asks the right questions, I'll talk about it then. I would like to respond to one of the messages I read this morning from the person who had their arm in a sling and their ferret likes to sleep there: This is probably no new news to the ferret veterans out there, but your little one probably knows you are hurt and is trying to comfort you! I have had cats in my house my whole life, and will swear that cats know when their people are sad. They can sense if you are ill or depressed or whatnot, and will come and sleep on your lap or be near you as if to say "I'm here to make you better!" My mom had a really bad chest cold one year and one of our cats - who normally hates people - slept on her stomache (really!) or next to her just under her chin for a week! I would venture to guess that ferrets have that same ability... Alky sleeps in your sling because she doing her part to make your hurt to go away (and a little more Linotone would hurt either, I bet!) Well, this has turned into a novel, so I'll be going now! Abi and Samson say hello to all their new cyber-friends and hope to talk again soon! Signed, Heather, Conrad, Abi and Samson! [Posted in FML issue 1315]