Sorry to reply to the whole list, but I was unable to send the message to the ANON address on the original post. [Moderator's note: Right, the address shown for anonymous posters is not a real address. BIG] Hi Alice, I used to live in Aiken (across the border from Augusta, GA. We had a wonderful vet with ferret experience. Cindy Brown at the Aiken Animal Hospital, 1219 S Boundary Ave SE, Aiken, SC (803) 648-4401. I'm not sure how far you are from there. I left Aiken 3 years ago, but there was a young lady in or near Columbia that was trying to lobby the state legislators to allow the sale of ferrets in SC. The law at the time was that it was legal to own them, but not to sell them in the state. I believe that she had taken in some unwanted ferrets, but I don't know of anofficial shelter there. Good luck! Jeannette Peters [Posted in FML issue 2748]