If anyone in the Mt. Vernon, Washington area is looking for a VERY sweet ferret, there is a totally sweet little female fuzzbutt in the Petco on College Way in Mt Vernon. They just got a new shipment of babies in; she is the only (slightly) older ferret there and the only MF one. I am not a very good judge of ferret age yet but I'd /guess/ she's maybe 6-7 months??? She has a very thin white line on the top of her head. When I snapped my fingers behind her head she turned around to look so I don't think she is deaf. I THINK she's a chocolate mitt/blaze but I'm not too good at telling what color is what, yet, except for the really obvious ones. I had her out of the cage and she was climbing around on me and being utterly sweet, nuzzling, no nips AT ALL (compared with the rest of the younger kits who were going *chomp*chomp*chomp* at me the whole time, HARD, at least those which I handled.) She on the other hand loved to hang out on my shoulder and give me kisses. She was alert, inquisitive, no ear mites, nice soft fur, seemed happy and healthy (to my novice estimate) if a bit lonely. I was SOOOOOOOOOO achingly tempted to buy her then and there, but I'm staying w ith my folks over labor day weekend and my mom is deathly allergic to most critters. (That, aside from financial concerns.) She was apparently returned by a lady who bought her for a too-young child and didn't anticipate what a handful a young ferret could be. The Petco person I talked to who got the cage open for me said that they will probably have trouble placing her because a) she is a return and b)people tend to focus on the youngest babies. He hinted that they might be able to offer a discount on her if they couldn't place her. *sigh* I told the store folks that if she was still there by the time I got moved up that way, I'd take her home. But that may not be for a few more weeks to even a month or more. Anyway...if someone gets there before me (and I hope someone does, for her sake!) please give her a good home, she's a total darling! (There are also a couple of very cute patterned DEW kits there too, but MAN do they bite!) - Megan -- Megan O'Shaughnessy DC ( [log in to unmask] ) URL: http://www.teleport.com/~megan/ [Posted in FML issue 2425]