Michael, Although, as the owner of 2- (both asleep in my lap as I write) soon-to-be-3 ferrets I wouldn't want to dissuade anyone from getting another, I have read that ferrets and skunks get along very well. I've wanted a skunk since I was a little girl--my cousin in LA had several & I was so envious. Last spring a little black and white fuzz ball was caught in my headlights on a back road, trotting back & forth, trying to figure out which way mama went and who turned on the lights. I wanted so much to hop out & scoop it up--but I hesitated, pndering the ethics of such a move, for a moment too long & it was gone. I've enjoyed your epistles a great deal. Keep us posted on the exciting life of Tater and the trials of poor MeeMaw. Dina Stevenson [Posted in FML issue 1379]