Hello there, I to can also say that ferrets make great pets for the disabled. My 3 year old son who has spastic Quadraplegic Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delays, Periventricukar Leukomalacia (damage to the white matter in the brain) and a few minor other problems. He is able to play with my ferrets. I have 4 to be exact and my son is able to bat them on the head and they just kinda look at him . They sniff hi, lick his nose and so forth. There is always a risk of a biter I think, so at first especially if this is a small child use caution. But with mine we have had nothing but good expierence. My son loves my ferrets, he especially sometimes likes to pull on there scruff and they just lay there looking at him. Ferrets are just like any other animal, they know a special (handicapped) person and I have never seen an animal of any kind be aggressive towards a person of special needs. You can see my homepage at http://members.tripod.com/~kell2222/index.html there is also a link to my ferrets page there or you can just ckick here http://members.tripod.com/~rodjones/ferrethead2.html Catch you all later...... Kelly mother to fuzzbutts Ferrethead, Chloe, Jerry and Champ. [Posted in FML issue 2152]