Gee Ed, I will stick to the question, but,and as I have told you I appreciate your posts for what they are, but you don't just walk on thin ice, you stomp all over it with some of your posts!! NO ferrets do not get HIV/AIDS nor do they carry it. Humans simians and felines, and the FIV in cats is not zoonotic. (sp) So slap a rainbow sticker on their tush and send them happy little way! =} June Louis and the zoo [Posted in FML issue 2718]