I just happened to catch an episode today (aired 11am Cental May 5) that featured a gorgeous Black Roam Mitt male named Dakota. Over all I give Dr. Bearney an B-. He did recommend all the correct things, large enough cage, fresh water daily, litter box, vaccinations-both, toys, daily grooming/bonding. Dr. Bearney included dog food as an alternative in the list of do's and don't's. And recommended a daily vitamin supplement. He did give cat food a little more emphasis by recommending a protein content in the 30%'s. He recommends neutering at 6-8 months of age When he was talking about vaccinations he also recommended de-worming ferrets? Never heard of that myself unless you have systems to base testing on but I'm not a breeder. I did feel that he left the impression that litter training a ferret is as easy as litter training a cat. At the beginning of the show he was actually holding Dakota for an opening "Hi. here's one of today's guests" kinda things. Unfortunately it was a short, quick, infoseg more than anything else. He closed it by putting his had in the cage with Dakota and kinda petted him. I personally wish he had chosen to do a feature on ferrets but it was goodish PR. I'm gonna send him a thank you note with a pic of my girls and politely correct him on a couple of things and hope he actually corrects himself on air. He seems like a pretty good egg. [Posted in FML issue 2299]