Re: AB363 I'm sorry that the efforts to legalize ferrets has been delayed in California yet again. You really have to wonder about the sanity of public officials in a state that will legalize Marijuana, but not ferrets. While I know that nobody has done more to block the legalization of ferrets in California more then CA Fish & Game, I can't help to fault some of the other organizations that have opposed the legalization efforts as well. A short time ago I received yet another solicitation from the Sierra Club for donations. I didn't just pitch it out. I saved it and I plan on returning it to them, sans donation, with a letter. I'm going to tell them that they are not going to get one thin dime from me, nor anybody I know, because of their opposition to AB 363. I'm going to tell them that their opposition is not grounded in fact, but in superstitions and prejudices about ferrets. I will give my donations to other organizations that don't base their decisions on heresay. Re: Lost Ferrets I hope everyone's ferrets that have gone for a bit of 'walkabout, find their ways back home safely. Re: Ferret amusement park rides I think ours would go for a bunjee-jump without the bunjee like ride. Basically they would leap out into a great open space to land in a squishy, poofy landing pad. Our bed is tall for the ferrets and for me. They have to either scale a blanet hanging over the edge of the bed or take the climb up the squishy, fabric-covered chair and cross the nightstand to get onto the bed. Once on the bed, they **love** to run to the end of the bed, leap off the bed to land on a pile of clothes that I don't have the heart to move. Pippi taught everybody how to do this and they will line up just to jump off the bed. They will also make circuits of climbing onto the bed and flinging themselves off of it. Ferrets definately are fun-loving creatures!! ;) Re: Ferrets of Brawn A short bit ago people were talking about ferrets that were less then brilliant. Our boy Atlas is like that. He is our "ferret of brawn not brain." We think of him as our big, dumb, and lovable lug. Even though it takes you longer to teach Atlas something, once he learns it, he is quite diligent to what you have taught. He is our ferret that has the highest litter box to-hit ratio. It was hell to teach him about the litter box, but now he is our most box-trustworthy ferret! He is also the easiest ferret to understand their motivations and feelings. He is very straight-forward about everything. This is quite opposite from Squirt who is our ferret of brain, who knows how to manipulate us to the max! ;) -kim, squirt (it's good to be the king), pippi (skydiving queen), atlas (box-box-box-box-gotta go in 'da box!), and 'jinx (the nippy chick) Kimberly Burkard | _ Everything I needed to know in life, Eastman Kodak Company| _____C .._. I learned from my ferret: Rochester, New York | ____/ \___/ Frolic and dance for joy often, have [log in to unmask] |<____/\_---\_\ no fear or worries, and enjoy life. [Posted in FML issue 2056]