Nobody knows the trouble I see in the continued desexing of ferrets being sold and bought by humans who either don't care, don't know, or do know, but just don't give a darn - they just want a cool, kissy, boing-boing dancing ferret pet, and so there! When the vast majority of ferrets being propagated as sexual truncates (desexed) come to that time and place in the evolutionary fork in the road, they simply will go down the fork that leads to extinction. They will have not adapted to change, or if they have, they will not be able to pass on that germ DNA particle plasm to any offspring, simply because they are incapable of passing their seed to the fertile farm ground of evolution. The process of domestication comes to an abrupt halt with your pet-store bought ferret. One should learn from the keepers of dog and cats. There are 135 different "races" of dogs and some "37" different "races" of cats. The dog and cat breeders are constantly breeding their critters for specific characteristics, health, stamina, resourcefullness, and longevity. What are the vast majority of ferret keepers doing? Nothing. Just remember Children with your "toys" . . . every desexed ferret bought is one more step down the yellow brick road of extinction. Just go in the deep of night when your head rests upon you pillow and ask your "Wizard." Nobody Know the Trouble I See; Nobody Know But Jesus. Edward Lipinski, Der Wahrheitskaempe von Frettchenvergnuegenland, der sagt, "Cela va sans dire." Edward Lipinski, [G.] The Champion of Truth from Ferret Joyland, who says, [F.] "That is a matter of course." [Posted in FML issue 2393]