Stats on my Rowdy: He's 5 1/2, pretty thin in the hair department, but not bald (all over). Our very first ferret. Now we have 10. Early neuter: He was probably around 5 wks old the vet said. Source: Marshall Farms Breeder: Marshal Farms Lighting: Day light, artificial light, darkness at night (except when my husband is on the computer in the wee hours of the morning on the weekends) Age: First adrenal surgery was around 2 years(I freaked) second surgery (the harder one to remove) was around 4 years and was 90-95% removed. We did not have it tested. Gender: male muchkin Darkness: average 5 hours day (not sure about the pitch black) Food: Raised on Iams Kitten, now Totally Ferret with little Iams Exercise: As much as he wants during hour in the morning and however long in the evening. More on weekends. Cage: Caged during day in Midwest Cage (2'x3'x48" hi) with 4 other munchkins. Two levels with hammock. Loved and cuddled everyday by mom and dad, doesn't play as much any more. Mostly wanders around and finds a place to go to sleep. Shows: Has not been to shows or gatherings - we don't take any of them even though we want to! Use to take him to Blockbuster once in a while when he was just a little munchkin. Illnesses: ECE (when we brought Chico home) Shots: Has had distemper and rabies, this year we're not sure if we're gonna do the distemper. He even had a reaction to the rabies this year. Location: Grapevine, Texas (where everything's fine) Other: He has also had bladder surgery last fall (don't know medical term) where he has an open incision to the bladder so he can go potty. Because of the adrenals the prostate was swelled and he couldn't go. Now we deal with dribbling and changing the bedding every day, sometimes twice. But we love him anyway! Mary, Rob and the Menagerie of 15 (10 ferrets, 4 cats and 1 dog) Rowdy the fury-less wonder Chico the mean one Harley the slinky Sadie the queen Wheeler the bear Daisy the sleeper Emily the princess Bootsie the prancer dancer playmister Fruity the sweet old fart Summer the dog food eater GG, Lucy, Simon and Chance (the obnoxious cats, who says cats aren't people friendly???) Corkey the 3-legged dog ferret want-to-be [Posted in FML issue 2691]