A friend of mine came over the other day with her 4 year old son who is mentally retarded. Our ferret DID NOT run from him or even try to play (dance around) with him. He stayed very calm and let the boy touch him and inspect him. The boy kept saying "cat" and laughing. That was the first time I had EVER heard the boy say anything!! I just couldn't beleive the ferret didn't run from him as he hides from most small children that visit my home. I was touched how Sosha was so kind and loving to this boy. He stayed out the entire time the boy was in my house! He never spends more than an hour or two at a time out of his sleeping spots. I am still in awe over this. Also, I am building Sosha a play house. Is there any kind of wood I should stay away from? I keep reading about pine chips, I was just wondering if I could build a play house out of pine. Thanks, Kathy and sweet Sosha PS After all the responces and help I recived on all the posts I have ever made I feel no one here is a stranger. We all have one common love and we all help each other. I keep seeing people talking about "strangers" on the FML posts but I see no strangers here. [Posted in FML issue 2177]