Thank you all who took the time to respond to the discussion on ferret shelters. I have learned a lot from the FML discussions and have received some wonderful personal e-mails from subscribers who wanted to give me their perspectives as well. I wanted to say that, as has been true with most of my responses to Pamela Grant/Troutman, I very much appreciated her most recent contribution to the discussion. I have no problem with her questionnaire and believe that it covers all the bases without being overly intrusive. Thank you, also, BIG, for allowing us a little latitude with the discussion and our attempts to stick our toes over the line. I apologize to anyone who took my comments as flames. My family and my little Phoebe ferret wish all of you a wonderful Christmas season. Larry Tilford [Posted in FML issue 2156]