When I first got ferrets in 1990, I received many many questions, comments and stares from people in the neighborhood whenever I took them out. People thought I had a rat or a squirrel usually. Once people yelled out a car window that I was cruel for taking a wild animal out of the wild and making him a pet! Most people though were just curious. I always drew a crowd of children around me wanted to pet the ferrets. Now, more people know what a ferret is. They've seen them in the pet stores, maybe on TV or in the newspaper and the majority are not surprised that they are ferrets. I still do get questions like, "Are they good pets?" "Do they use a litter box?" and "Do they bite?" It makes taking your ferret out lots of fun. Ellen [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1880]