Hi, thank you to everyone who wrote to me to help me out with skunk. He still isnt making any noises, but I think that if he were around other ferrets, he might learn to. Does anyone know of any ferret clubs or organizations in New York, preferably in the Albany area? Also, im hoping to get Skunk a new cage in about a month or so. Right now he is in a two level cage, with a steel pan and wire body and ramps. THe one Im going to get has a plastic pan, with a wire body, but plastic ramps and plastic landings. it is four levels high, and it comes with two tubes. once i get this, i wont have any more use for the cage i have right now. So if anyone knows of a ferret shelter in the Albany area, I would be glad to donate his old cage. If not, i will just donate it to the humane society. just a little side note now on my little man...yesterday he learned how to climb up onto my plant stand, and while i was downstairs cleaning out his litterbox, he was busy pulling out freshly sprouted basil! I came back in the room, and he looked so sweet and inoccent, standing in a big pile of dirt...all three terra cotta pots somehow were dragged under my dresser, along with the sprouts. he hadnt eaten them, just pulled them out and hid them. some of the roots were still attached, im not really sure how he did that! i wonder, could this be the start of a ferret greenhouse? well im gonna go have a nice day everyone! love kristin and skunk [Posted in FML issue 2579]