I have to agree with Pam on this one. We'd all love to have a new home that is 100% perfect for the ferrets we adopt. But is that for the ferret's best interest. How about taking 80 -90% and training the other 10 - 20%. How many of us were 100% perfect with our first ferret, or did we make mistakes and have to learn a lot? I'm still learning. Waiting until the perfect person comes along means a shelter full of ferrets who are not getting all of the attention that they might. Adopting to a person who meets most of the criteria (and there are key ones that would automatically rule out that person) and are willing to learn may be better for the ferret in both the long and short run. Dick B. [Posted in FML issue 2518]