Hi ya'll! I wanted to first of all thank everyone on all the information on starting a shelter! I will try to e-mail the Charlotte shelter again! About all of these pet stores that people are talking about I have an idea. Call the local Better Business Bureau and report the store! I am not sure what procedures they do but I asume that they will send people out to check out the place. I am sure that the BBB can do something and I am sure that the pet store does not want a bad mark from them! If that doesn't work try calling the Humane society, or other animal rights organizations. I am sure that if they are neglecting the ferrets, they are probably neglecting all of the other animals as well! I work in a very nice clean pet store. I, being a ferret lover, make sure that people that buy ferrets understand them a little more than I did when I got my first one! I also let the "older" ferrets run around for a little while in a small room! If anyone in Charlotte is reading this come to Pet Pros in Pineville! We have the cutest babies and none of them nip hard at all!!! Actually I was pretty surprised that they didn't! I try to go in and handle all of them, pick them up etc! What I really want to do is take them all home! :) Well I hope that everyone has a wonderfully fuzzy Christmas! Monica Fruitloop (Yawn Man where did all this extra weight come from??) AppleJax (Lets run..Lets play..lets jump..PLEASE!!!!!) [Posted in FML issue 1790]