Okay guys. Now I've spent over six non-stop hours on the 'net looking for info about companies that insure ferrets. If we lived in the UK or Canada, we'd be fine. We don't. I have found four companies that insure pets in the U.S., plus a list of 58 others that were listed under a heading somewhere of Animal Health Plans. Here's what I've gotten so far: 1. Universal Pet Health Network: Insures cats, dogs, and exotic BIRDS. I wasn't really crazy about their web site, I don't know, didn't appeal to me. http://edbo.com/unipet/index.html 2. AniPals (thanks, BIG) DOES insure ferrets, they aren't cheap, but hey, they insure ferrets. Visit them at http://anipals.com/ 3. American Pet Care Plan seems like they're promising; their logo says "America's Premiere Pet Health Care Plan for All Pets." So, I e-mailed them, we'll see what they say. I did have a little trouble understanding their fees/what they pay for, but I am tired. Visit them at http://www.calzona.com/americanpetcare/ 4. Veterinary Pet Insurance is the company that I called a while back, and apparently, according to past FML issues (thanks, BIG) several of you called them too. They (at least the receptionists) seemed to not rule out the possibility that in the future they will insure ferrets. I think we should work on them. http://petinsurance.com 5. At http://www.animall.com/vets/healthplanlinks.html I found a list of 58 companies/vets that were listed under the heading of Animal Health Plans. Some seem promising, some not. They were only phone numbers and addresses. I don't have time to call 58 places. SO, if any of you out there are interested in helping me out in this mission I've decided to face as war :-) here's what I need. Take your pick of projects. 1. I need people who are interested in making a call or two in their home state to some of the numbers on that list of 58. I can use people from many states, but especially from KY, AZ, MS, CA, VA, and NC. This is just to call and ask if they insure ferrets and to request information. Nothing else, no membership to buy, you can cancel at any time.... If you'd like to help in this project, e-mail me with your state and the number of calls you'd be willing to make, and if you're willing to call out of your state. 2. If you'd like to help convince Veterinary Pet Insurance to start insuring ferrets (I think this would be excellent for a number of reasons, first, they're the biggest and most reputable company, second, they're in California and wouldn't it look good if we convinced VPI that ferrets are pets too....) If you'd like to help in this project, all I really need is as many people as possible that are willing to write a letter encouraging VPI to insure ferrets. The reason I ask for you to do this in conjunction with me is that if we all write similar letters, with similar statistics, in a small time frame, we might be able to win this one simply by bombardment (nicely, of course!!) So, all you need to do is write a letter. If you'd like to do this in the name of ferretdom, e-mail me! If anyone needs encouragement, I read on one of the pages that I came across that the NUMBER ONE killer of pets, above disease, accident, or illness, is FINANCIAL EUTHANASIA. The putting down of pets due to the inability to afford vet treatment. Don't know where they got the statistic from, but I'd believe it. So, just because none of us on the FML would ever do that to a ferret doesn't mean others don't (and I know they do). If we can open the doors to ferret insurance, we might save lives. Kymberlie Becker Director, Pennsylvania Ferret Rescue Association "Forget Puppy Love...There's nothing Greater than Ferret Love!" TM [Posted in FML issue 1899]