Well Santa was very nice to our lone ferret and I. I had been begging my wife for two months to get Al the Albino a playmate (we've only had Al, our very first fert for three months). Well she finally got sick on me begging and told me that the magic date was March 1st, she wanted to get used to being owned by a ferret. During the days leading up to X-mas it only briefly crossed my mind that she may get me one for X-mas, but I immediately dismissed since she was so adamantly against it. Boy was I wrong! While my wife and I were at my parents she had her parents drop off the new one at our apartment. When we got home a 2 am (after midnight mass) I had a very excellent surprise! We have decided to name him Taz the Spaz Bob. Taz is totally the opposite in behavior than Al. If you remember I posted his intro a couple of weeks ago and complained that he slept so much, well Bob doesn't seem to sleep much at all! Taz has put some spring in Al's step. Also, we had no integration problems! What a relief! For all those out there who said that having two ferts isn't much more work that one must be out of their mind ;-) Taz has really, really kept us on our toes! Taz is a 3 month old MF male fert. He was purchased at a pet store, but my wife spent alot of time calling the local contacts and animal shelters. We don't have a fert shelter within about 3 hours. That would have made it very difficult for my wife to pull this off. A question: According to the papers we got he has had three vaccinations and is due for his fourth in a couple of weeks. When I called the pet store to verify which ones he had, they said they were all distemper shots. I mentioned that they usually only got three, she said that the fourth is optional depending on the vet. Have you heard of giving four? We also got the brochure that MF gives with their ferts. Boy was there some interesting comments in there. I will post another time about that though. For now, Todd, Joanne Al (let me sleep) Taz the Spaz Bob (get up or I'll bite your ear!) [Posted in FML issue 2168]