Hi, everyone! This is my first posting, however I've been reading the FML for about a month. I don't get to every issue -- too busy playing with my ferret, and such. Since I grew up in California, and only moved to Ohio two years ago I had limited exposure to ferrets. My first introduction to ferrets as pets came as a musician-performer at a Renassaince Faire in San Diego County. One of the other performers had an illicit ferret at the fair. My daughter and I fell in love with her, the ferret that is. At Christmas, I made the leap. We now have Belle a sable ferret, who has our Golden Retriever, Frodo, completely buffaloed. Our Scotty, Lisa loves her. The cats, Isabeau and Navarre do their Monty Python routine -- "Run away!" My second exposure to ferrets was at Poway Lake, in San Diego County. Has anyone out there heard of a feral population of domestic ferrets there? I've seen the critters with my own eyes. They live in burrows along the picnic area near the lake. Or am I confusing feral domesticated ferrets with the Black-footed. BTW - Belle surprised us when she snatched crumbs of Nutro Tartar Control Dog biscuits. She loves them. Is it okay for her to have a few bites of these biscuits? Charissa [Posted in FML issue 2594]