Well, I took the plunge. The weekend before last I acquired 3 kits: a Male DEW w/ black tail (Frosty), a Female chocolate roan (Snickers), and a Female dark silver (Gypsy). I'm going through all the typical training stuff right now. I'm currently working on curing Gypsy of biting occasionally (has drawn blood 3 times now and boy it hurts!). She seems to be getting the message, but I thought that just before she bit me the third time so I'm playing it safe with gloves for a while now. It's only been a little over a week though, so any progress this soon is encouraging. Overall though they are really great. All the typical craziness you expect from 3 young rascals. Anyway, the real purpose of this message is that I'm trying to find a local vet with ferret experience. None of these critters have been neutered/spayed or descented yet. I want to get this done, but I want to do my best to find a vet with as much ferret experience as possible. My current vet says he can do the neutering/spaying, but he doesn't do descenting. I want to only put them through the trauma once if I get both done. Does anyone out there have recommendations for a vet in the NE Ohio area (East suburbs of Cleveland - Mayfield Hts to be exact), or advice on how to find one? Any help with this would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks! Todd, Frosty, Snickers, and Gypsy >=================================================== >Todd F. Lockemer >Senior Software Test Engineer >Rockwell Automation: Allen-Bradley Company >[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1653]