Hi everyone. My name is Julie and I'm a biology major at Carleton U in Ottawa Canada. I got my first ferret last October and fell in deep love with Floyd in the first 5 minutes. I live with my ferrets and I have been begging my Mom to allow me to get another one. She always felt that 2 would be a lot of work. Anyways, I finally got her to read the FML and 2 days ago she came up to my room and asked what we were going to call our new ferret. I'm so excited. Even though I've got schoolwork galore, I've put it all off until tomorrow. We're going to get our new ferret tonight. After all, I'm going to need the whole night to watch the ferrets get to know one another. I called a bunch of pet stores to see if I could bring Floyd in to pick out a new ferret to make sure they would get along. Out of all the stores I called only 1 would allow this. People would tell me not to worry and that all ferrets get along. Well after reding the FML for 1 year, i knew better. Anyways I found one store that encouraged bringing Floyd in. I sat Floyd on my lap this morning and gave him a little lecture. I told him that he would have to treat his new little brother/sister with respect and not be bossy and territorial. I promised he would still get as much attention. He promised to share his ferret tent for sleeping. I'm sure he will get along with the new addition even though he's 3 and has always been an only child. By the way in case anybody's wondering why I'm buying one from a pet store it's because the Ottawa Ferret Association had 6 month waiting list to adopt and I couldn't wait that long. Instead of buying the textbooks I need for next semester, I'm spending the 200$ on my new friend (but my mom doesn't know that!). [Posted in FML issue 1370]