My first ferret was Minerva. She's around 3 now. I've had her since she was 8 weeks old. She was a total impulse buy. But shortly after I bought her I found the FML. And I'm sure she's liked me more since I found it. (Thanks BIG and to all the contributers) We named her Minerva for two reasons. 1). She was so smart and the godess of wisdom is Minerva. 2). One of my daughters favorite shows at the time was Animaniacs and they had Minerva the mink in it. The name still suits her. Even more so as she gets older. As a nickname we call her Nerdy - if you stretch it you can see Minerva at the root of the word. She is nerdy - you can see her just thinking about things. She'll stand on the edge of the couch and I swear she looks like she is calculating the angle that she will need to jump at to land on the spot on the table close enough to my drink to knock it over but still make it look like an accident. And she does some really funny things with our family but is shy and reserved around strangers. My second ferret was Frumpstiggle - the marsh wiggle. She's around 1 1/2. Now her name has interesting origins. My boyfriend is a sci fi nut. And a long time ago he read a book about aliens and the alien word for currency was Frumpstiggle. Well when he and my daughter were having their name calling sessions (you big poopie head, etc.) he would call her Frumpstiggle. When we got our second ferret she was 7 weeks and the only ferret that got along with Minerva. She was so cute we called her Pookie. Well it didn't fit. She was way to agressive to be a Pookie. My daughter said it was a stupid name. She called her poopy, poofy, pukey - anything but pookie. So we asked her what she wanted to name her and she said Frumpstiggle. I had a hard time remembering it so I started calling her the marsh wiggle because it rhymed. Now Frumpstiggle is a big girl - tottering on 3 pounds, so we call her Frumpy now and it fits. Thanks for letting me share Beth, Minerva & Frumpstiggle the marsh wiggle in Denver, Colorado [Posted in FML issue 2406]