Well' it's happened,I am now owned by a beautiful 3.5 month old female fuzzie. I thought I was going to have to wait but yesterday a friend called me and told me about an ad in the community classifieds for a ferret.I called and the guy told me he bought it for his son who quickly lost interest in it after a couple weeks.She is also a nipper,which didn't help much.So I went to take a look at her and it was love at first sight!! I checked her over and she seemed healthy and all,but she is a nipper! I asked about vet visits and shots and the guy looked at me and said,"What shots?" So when we got home I called the pet store they got him from and they said that their ferrets come from Marshall Farms and have been neutered/spayed,descented and had their first distemper shots.So it's off to the vets next week to get this beautiful little girl up to date on her shots and have the vet give her the once over. She is settling in nicely,after a trip to Petland to get her all the neccissary goodies.My roommate fell in love with her also and even bought the cage for her! He has been spoiling her as much if not more than me! And he never really was interested in the idea of me getting one.She stole his heart,and mine also.We named her Jewel because she's so precious.She is already trying to steal things.I can out of the bedroom and she was in the process of dragging the remote controll across the floor.She saw me and gave me this look like,"Oh,this thing? I was just putting it away for you,cuz I know how much you hate it when you can't find it!" Then she started her little war dance and darted under the coffee table.She's cracking me up already!After a good two hours of playing she fell asleep on my lap. So cute!!!!! I do have a couple of questines though.She has never really been litter trained. I put a couple of her dropping in her litter box and then put her in it.She sniffed it and jumped out and started to poop in the opposite corner.I stopped her and put her back in the box and she pooped in there instead.But that is the only tme she has used it.For a potty,that is,she likes to use it for a bed instead! I try to catch her when I think she is about to go and put her in the box but she just looks at me.I even tried moving the box in the corner she likes to use but that doesn't work either.Any suggestines? Second questine,she has been sneezing a bit,mostly when she wakes up.They're kind of wet little sneezes.I know they can catch cold and was just wondering if I should be concerned. I apologise for the long post,just had to rant about my new baby for a bit!! Thanks for listening and I'll keep you posted on fuzball and how she does at the vet. Love to all! Chas and Jewel [Posted in FML issue 2098]