EATING CLOTH - Boomer has a taste for socks - he eats the elastic part, and then works his way down. He also ate a hole in one of my silk sweaters. (very expensive pooty!) Now he is grounded from the bedroom, and it infuriates him. He also likes to chew on wet washcloths - feels funky in his teeth, maybe? FLOATING FERTS - Boomer also floats. Not through any talent he might have, but because he's so tubby. Every once in a while he flicks his paws in a halfhearted attempt to swim, and he likes to stick his head in the water and blow bubbles through his nose. TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY - For the person who was debating buying a ferret because of the expense, how much did you pay for your TV?? Ferrets are a lot more entertaining (and interactive) than the tube! LIMPING - Both of our ferrets will do the 'flat cat' when they get into trouble. Once we put them down after shaking our fingers at them, they both sigh and deflate on the floor. This is followed by staring at us despondently for approximately 10 minutes, to see if we will feel sorry for them. NEED A KIT! - I need to know if there are any breeders or shelters in the Fargo ND/Twin Cities area. My uncle would like to buy a kit for his hired man as a spring bonus. (perhaps I should explain - we took the kids to my uncle's to visit, his hired man saw them, and fell in love) Milt (the hired man) is like the Pied Piper to our ferrets - they follow him all over the house, and even around the yard. He's got The Touch with animals - even had a pet pheasant that did chores in the tractor with him! My point is this would be one happy, healthy, well-taken-care-of, SPOILED ferret. So if anyone has any info, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks! Tanya Bongo ("hmph! Just 'cause I'm svelte and don't float I don't get to be in the FML...") Boomer ("Hey, are you saying I'm fat???") [Posted in FML issue 1844]