hello everyone i am Tara and I have two beautiful sables - 1 male - Pez and 1 female - Ruby Pez is a wonderful love bug and ruby has a bit of a biting problem that a fellow ferret lover is helping me with - they are about 1 yr old and i have had them about 8 months ive been reading for a while but this is my first posting - i must say that i am very happy with this - i have learned quite alot i just wanted to put in a few opinions on one of the posts - to nancy about the pet store - that is dreadful - i myself go into pet stores occasionally myself and look at the ferrets and i am VERY pleased to say that they are well taken care of - they have medium size cages (usually 1/2 level and the regular floor - a hammock - toys - lots of food - and lots of water.) - and i have never seen more than 2 ferrets in one cage- have seen one where they keep them in a tank like thing but it is VERY spacious and has lots of toys and things to sleep on. If I were you I would report them to the SPCA or the Humane Society - it is always horrible to see our babies suffer. Merry X Mas everyone - Tara Pez and Ruby [Posted in FML issue 1791]