Some various ferret media I've spotted in the past few days: 1. I'm not sure how this will eventually portray ferrets, but the Los Angeles Times is running a serial piece online and in its Life & Style section called "Destiny's Chastity - A Story of Summer Love (and Other Stuff as We Think of It." The first chapter revolves around Destiny searching for ferret chow for her ferret Suzy & discussing with a friend how to meet Mr. Right. The story is based in California, and she's "Looking for some some food for my--ah--small, furry animal that kind of eats sort of what cats eat." I found the story on the latimes.com web site, although they say that it can be found at www.calendarlive.com. I would hope that since the ferret is her beloved pet that it wil be portrayed in a pro-ferret manner. 2. On the June 30 PetLine show on the Animal Planet channel they featured a segment on ferrets. *Unrelated* to the caller's question, the hosts felt it was important to point out that ferrets are illegal in California and Hawaii because they pose a danger to the native wildlife. 3. TFH publications just came out with an issue of their _Fuzzy Creatures Quarterly_ covering Keeping Ferrets. While the book devotes an entire chapter to breeding, it has 4 sentences devoted to ear cleaning and nail trimming. It also contains the wonderful sentence (page 10) "Once a ferret has become used to the easy pickings on a farm, it can become a source of considerable damage to the poultry farmer - made the more of a problem because the ferret is able to gain entry via holes that would not allow a fox to enter." I don't know how some of these people get such an attitude against ferrets. No matter how many times Knuks poops next to the kitchen doorway, I still manage to say pro-ferret things. - Eric Modern Ferret Magazine - For ferret owners. By ferret owners. Mary & Eric Shefferman & the Slinky Seven: Sabrina, Ralph, Marshmallow, Knuks, Trixie, Bosco da Gama, and Balthazar http://www.modernferret.com [Posted in FML issue 2357]