Laura, Sounds like not only did they give the letters to the DFG to answer, but we got form letters as well. The answer you got sounds almost identical to the one I got. I'm with you, get a life folks, the idea of a small furry (or feathered) moving thing being a play-toy I can buy. But FOOD!, give it a rest. Both of ours give the impression that they've seen foods in it's natural enviroment, a plastic bag. ;) Anyway, the letter told about how easy it would be for them to escape, (THAT part I can buy...), and live and breed in the wild. Maybe we should give them some back issues of the FML to read, about how some baby has gotten loose, and is found just before starving to death. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HUNTERS!!! (At least none I've ever met - flame disclaimer) And since most (and I say that with some reservations), are fixed for pets, how the heck are they going to breed? As soon as I calm down, and figure a way to answer their letter without using any reference to the waste product from a male cow, I'm going to write the guy they gave me an address for, and fill in some blanks for him. Melvin, Loretta, Bubba, and Brandi [Posted in FML issue 1674]