We had a similar problem naming our newest ferret. her name was Bandit when we first got her, but we never called her that. She just didn't look like a Bandit to me, Criminal maybe, or America's Most Wanted Stinky Head, but not Bandit. So we just walked around for a couple of weeks calling her "the little one" and trying to think of a name, much like you and your "little old lady". One day she did something very ferrety, like jumping on the table from nowhere and we decided that she must be a Jedi master. How else could she have done it unless the force was with her? :) So, we went from "Little One" to "Litl Wan Kenobe", or Stinky Head for short. Most days, it's "Litl Wan". The moral of the story; what's wrong with "Old Lady"? Sounds like it fits her pretty well. Or you could name her after my Grandmother, Matilda. :) Britta Yoshi Tie (Necktie) (Can you tell that our ferrets earn their names?) Quincey Kelsey Litl Wan [Posted in FML issue 2553]