I guess it's probably my place to comment on the ferret name issue. Send mail to [log in to unmask] with SEND FERRET NAMES in the body of the message. You'll get a long list of over 2000 names (some duplicated) submitted by people here on the FML and from alt.pets.ferrets. THAT should certainly give you some ideas. My own opinion is that you shouldn't name a pet until you get it. I'm not sure why I'm like that... I guess I try to pick a name appropriate to the pet. Not that "Beckett" has anything to do with personality, he just LOOKS like a Beckett (that, and Quantum Leap's final episode was on TV the same day I brought my Beck-boy home). Anyway, from getting all these owners' comments, I see a lot of "we named her ___ but that's hardly like her, she should have been called ___." Not that this idea would carry over to human babies. My husband and I have a long list of names ready for our human children, And I'm not even pregnant! :) Good luck with your future fert! Anna and her crew -1 [Posted in FML issue 1561]