I met a woman at the pet expo in Cleveland this weekend who claimed she had a ferret that lived about 14 years. The ferret was bought at an auction for $10 (Amish in the area sometimes use them for rodent control). He lived free roam in the house for 9 years, and then moved into the barn, where he enjoyed playing with the goats she said. Linda Iroff North Coast Ferret Shelter http://www.oberlin.edu/~liroff/ncfs.html [Posted in FML issue 2107]