Ok now that I have written and deleted my first message, and taken a little break I can reply in a calm rational manner. Mr. Lipinski, I understand you statements regarding fixed pets and I would like to present another side to you. I have two MF fuzzballs, and they are just that. And you are correct in stating that they will not contribute to the gene pool, which is fine by me. However, if all of our ferrets were breeders there would be more of an overcrowding problem than there is now. We the owners of neutered pets rely on you an other responsible breeders to enhance and propagate the species. I do not have the time nor the knowledge to breed ferrets, in your opinion does that make me ineligible to keep them as companions. I have owned dogs and cats throughout my life and I have never bred them either, and I know there is no fear of them becoming extinct. I feel a whole lot better knowing that there are responsible breeders out there who take the time and energy to see to it that ferrets are going to continue being the wonderful animals that they are. As an aside a very good friend of mine has adopted two research ferrets and found them to be in excellent health, and very playful. Hard to believe? I am on my way out for vacation, I will try to catch up in a week when I get back Mark [Posted in FML issue 2394]