Sorry about the missing quotation marks on the first paragraph of yesterday's letter. Have heard from quite a number of folks who have added too many ferrets too quickly and can't handle them, as well as from shelters which pretty much said, "Amen!" Speaking of adding ferrets without having the background, a friend who also contacted Marshall Farms was told that the temporary shortage at pet stores was a puzzle to them, too, till they called a few chains. Seems some have been having their employees push ferrets (higher profit margin) as Easter animals rather than rabbit and chicks. Knowing what tends to happen to Easter animals this is very upsetting and pet chains need straightening out on this, but since we already know how hard it is to get many of them to stop promoting holiday or spur-of-the-moment pets, use the right bedding, to provide enough space, to make sure that each individual gets enough food or even to provide moistened food... Someone asked about medication color. Look on the box. Some meds have answer lines. Otherwise, one asks the pharmacist. Sukie [Posted in FML issue 2288]