To Bob Church: You already HAVE a life - it's giving your ferrets the happiest and healthy life you can possibly give them with lots of love and affection. Believe me when I say, that after having been actively involved in shelter activities for several years now, there are LOTS of ferrets out there who don't have the cushy life your 13 fuzz-buckets do. When our Shelter Director presented our former vet with a check list for shelter ferret exams, he told her I needed a life - well, I have one - it's doing what I do - and that's rescuing ferrets and helping to educate owners on how to keep their fuzzies happy and healthy. You are to be commended for turning down a job in CA - exactly what I would have done! Debbie Riccio WNYFLFA Rochester, NY [Posted in FML issue 1504]