Open E-mail to the ferret FML (an internet resource for the exchange of information among ferret enthusiasts) and three e-mail addresses for Britannica Online, one of which should hopefully get to the correct revision authorities: The primary reason I took your 7-day free testing was to confirm a report on several errors reguarding the listing of Mustela putorious furo, known as the common domesticated ferret. Quote from URL http://www.eb.com:195/cgi-bin/g?DocF=micro/207/27.html&bold=on&sw=ferret&D Base=Articles&hits=10&context=all&ParagraphType=1&indexremove=off#first_hit "The animals subsist on a diet of milk and meat that is similar to that given the domestic cat." _A Practical Guide to Ferret Care_ by Deborah Jeans, p. 39: "Do not give your ferret any of the following: ... dairy products (They will cause diarrhea.) ..." If you wish for direct expert testimony, I can give you the e-mail and street address of a number of recognized leaders in the field of ferret care: Pam T. Grant (tours the U.S. promoting proper ferret care and helps set up ferret shelters) Dr. Susan A. Brown (Nationally recognized expert in vetrinary ferret care) Bill Gruber (maintains the Ferret Mailing List on the internet for the last seven years, constantly covers this and simular issues, can provide a list of a number of vetrinarian testimony on the subject, all with the same answer: NO MILK FOR FERRETS! Quote from URL http://www.eb.com:195/cgi-bin/g?keywords=ferret&DBase=Dictionary&hits=10&c ontext=all fer.ret n [ME furet, ferret, fr. MF furet, fr. (assumed) VL furittus, lit., little thief, dim. of L fur thief--more at furtive] (14c) 1: a ***partially domesticated*** usu. albino European polecat that is sometimes classed as a separate species (Mustela furo) 2: an active and persistent searcher -- fer.rety adj My concern is with the words 'partially domesticated'. We can provide ample research and testimony of how ferrets are quite 'fully domesticated', as your Encyclopedia entry even admits: "Domesticated ferrets have become so dependent upon humans that they cannot survive without care and if lost often die within a few days." If that isn't 'fully domesticated', I'm not quite sure what qualifies in your book. But I'm sure that my ferret loving friends and I can provide a most excellent body of evidence reguarding the 'full domestication' of ferrets. Please allow my friends and I to present evidence for the correction of your entries into your reference materials. It is extreemly important as you are highly reguarded as being accurate and authoritative. Thank you for taking the time to consider the veracity of your material in this specific subject of extreemly personal interest. Andy Smith [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1618]