Ok i was looking through the pet ads in our local paper and there was an ad it said "3 ferrets to a good home good with children." So i decide to call as i am looking for a playmate for my Buster,well as i'm trying to talk to this lady all i hear in the background is kids screaming and swearing.She goes on to tell me that she wants $200.00 per ferret and $300 for the 3 story cage!!So i thank her and hang up all the while thinking are you NUTS!!!Thats highway robbery!!Well i go abut my business of the day but i can't stop thinking about the call i made so while at a friends house i decide to call her again(the lady with the ferrets,i somehow remembered her number)i can still hear all the kids screaming,well i don't know why but i decided to go have a look at the ferrets.When i get to this ladies house there at least 15 children just filthy and running all over the place screaming at the top there lungs!!!As i look around i noticed that there isn't a ferret in sight just filth and 2 dogs along with the dirty screaming kids.She then tells me that she runs a daycare center out of her house and that last year license committee allowed her to have her ferrets but now she cannot an that if she didn't get rid of them by 8/24/99 she would loose her childcare license for good,so she then tells me that if noone bought these guys today that her boyfriend was going to go drown them on 8/24!!! I said WHAT and i said but there are shelters and she that she would rather have them die than go to a shelter!!!!HELLO!!!So needless to say i can home with 3 fuzzies and a bank account way in the RED as i use my September rent to rescue these poor babies,who were in a large cage but the cage was in a little closet and they are very under weight!!!So since i used all the money i had so save poor dears i wrote a check that is no good so i could buy some things to help fatten up these fuzzies. I also took them to the vets and the ok but need some weight put on them.They are all 2 years ,1 male named Chaz and 2 females named Tazzy and Wiley.I'm not sure if i can keep them i will do the best i can to get them all up in weight and see if i can find good home or homes for them. My poor buster is afraid of them and he is twice there size.Well that is the end of my day all fuzzies are sleeping and tucked in for the night.My 6 yr.old daughter just luvs them and sang them to sleep!I really hate to this but if any one would like to help i could really use some financial help BIG time. If you want to help a ferret freak who used rent money to rescue these darlings please e-mail e and i will send you my address if this offends any one i'm sorry and please disregard. [Posted in FML issue 2782]