Hello to all fellow Ferret lovers, I have been reading the digest for about a year but, I'm not much of a writer ." Lurker's Central right here." Anyway, I have a small 1.5 lb albino female. She rules the house ,the 80 lb labador, and of course her mom (that's me ) & dad ( that's the guy that won't let her bite his feet, or sleep in the bed.) Our fuzzy's name is Oblina. Anybody out there ever watch Aggggh Real Monsters ? It's a cartoon.( really funny). She is named for one of the monsters. We usually call her Wheezy for short. I have always been a little worried about her low weight, but the vet seems to think it is ok. She has the run of the house and our back porch unless, we have company. She is very happy. :)" Queen of everything" One thing I was wondering about is how bad is heart worms with ferrets? I was reading that someone on the digest found a lost ferret that had heart worms. Does anyone else have this problem? I live in the south and it is mosquito heaven here. Wheezy loves to stay on the back porch , which is very safe & cool but, not screened in. I can't imagine giving her a heart worm tab. She is so little. Any feed back ??? My next remark is to all the folks complaining about fleas. When I started using Advantage on my lab. All of the fleas died. I didn't even have to use it on Oblina. No more flea combs. yea! I guess all of the fleas jumped on Paddy ( our lab) had lunch and died. I will see an occasional flea on Ob (like one flea every other month.) I suggest that If you have other pets start using Advantage or another brand on your larger animals 1st. You will see a difference. BTY Ob is a marshall farms ferret I'm assuming she has the two small blk dots on her ear. She will get right up next to me but, not in my lap I wonder if this has to do with early weaning. She also loves to be under the sheets when I'm making up the bed. It is one big party when I start fluffing the sheets. Learning a lot [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2422]