Just wanted to add a good pet store story. Here in Springfield, Mo,the members of the local Ferret Association have been hounding the stores that sell kits about their cage-keeping habits. You know the routine: wood chips in the food, poop, eyes, ears; sneezing babies; kits playing in their own feces... It seems that our complaints are starting to do some good. One of the stores has moved their kits to corn cob (still not as good as a tee shirt) and has started teaching prospective parents about proper care. Not a very big step, but a step nonetheless. Amanda and Brad Willa (I sure am cute when you scratch my chin, huh?) Piper (Daddy's toes = good eatin') [Posted in FML issue 1585]