To the person who likes ferrets & plants. The best way to prevent your fuzzies from digging up your plants is to get rocks - big ones heavy enough that the little boogers can't move them. I've seen the egg-size rocks that you can buy in a nursery work just fine too. Cover the dirt so they can't get to it & you can still water right through them (the rocks, not the ferrets ;) ). I'd like to comment on the baby picture thing. I know we are all aware that children & pets must be supervised. We all know the personality of our fur kids & know what to expect from them. But when you have unknowledgeable, inexperienced individuals trolling the net to find out about ferrets & they see a picture of a baby & a ferret alone together, might they not get the idea that it's perfectly all right? I can't tell you how many ding-dongs have come up to me w/their little kids & tried to stick their kid's face or hand right into my ferrets face, an animal that was completely foreign that they knew absolutely nothing about. Any intelligent individual experienced w/ferrets knows that they can coexist safely w/children. Keep in mind that it's not us we're talking about, it's the moron looking for a live stuffed animal for their kid that we have to protect our fuzzies & their image from. I would be just as proud of the pictures, they're adorable. But I fear that they will be taken out of context by parents who know nothing about ferrets. It was my impression that the *Face attacking and child-stalking ferret* post was written out of genuine concern for both the ferret & the child, although I didn't agree w/everything that was said. A few of us seem to be really upset about the implications of this post. But let's be real hear folks. To suggest that stalking/biting ferrets don't exist, although few & far between, is like saying that all ferrets are 100% litter box trainable - HA. We have one in-house for well over a year. She was surrendered because her owner couldn't deal w/how this little ferret *attacked* her face after months of patiently working w/her. To this day this ferret makes deliberate attempts to viciously bite any & all uncovered skin. And believe me, the foster mom she's been living with is experienced in turning around biters. So no, I don't believe ferrets inherently have a propensity to attack/bite, & yes, incorrigible biters do exist. Whatever your opinion is, we can all learn from each other. LONG LIVE KODO Juliana Frodo, Rocks, Anola Gay, SNAFU, FUBAR, Tabu, Chaos, Tuxedo, Bijou, Fiasco, & Dazzle [Posted in FML issue 2130]