I know how many people feel about ferrets magazine, but in there Sept./Oct. issue there is a Ferrets reader survey. It asks such questions as What articles have you found most and least useful. (Questions # 4&5) and question #10 is really why I am writing. # 10 Asks Do you read any other ferret related publications? How does Ferrets compare to those? Now I see this as an opportunity to nicely let Fancy Publications know how we as a whole ferret community feel about there magazine. I will be making a copy of the survey and sending it in to them. (as the survey is on the back of a question and answer section by Mary Van Dahm) I feel the same as many of you do that some of the articles by non ferret knowleable people need to go and more truthful articles need to be put in its place, but I do buy the magazine for the Q & A sections done by Dr. Karen, articles by Troy Lynn Eckart, and the above mentioned Mary Van Dahm. If any one wants a copy of the survey let me know and I will run off a bunch and send them out. The survey needs to be to them no later than Nov. 1. Lets all do our part to get another good ferret publication out there on the market, so all the new ferret owners have a good source for there fuzzies. On a parting note Lisette said in her post about money and why she does not give. She said that some people need to stop eating the expensive foods. Some people can't buy the cheaper foods. I know that I can't. I cannot have dairy. I can't go out and buy a cheep 1/2 gallon of ice cream to enjoy, when I get a frozen dessert (not very often I might add) I have to buy the more expensive sorbets, or mocha mix. I am not flaming you Lisette, but in some circumstances some people HAVE to buy the more expensive stuff. The ice cream comparison is just one of many. The milk I can drink (comes in a 1/2 gallon size) costs just as much as regular milk (gallon size). I cannot eat beef (98 cents a pound) I can only have chicken, fish, turkey, pork, all of these all cost a heck of a lot more than beef. I do eat a lot of veggies, but I have to have my meat too. Again Lisette this is not a flame, I just want you to know that I do the things you do. I shop at goodwill, I go through racks and racks of clothes to find the tags that are half off that week. My 10 month old son wears the Toys R Us cheepie diapers, hand me down clothes, as do the two older kids (clothes that is). June and the fabulous furry five plus 4 cats plus 3 kids plus 1 dog plus 1 iguana plus 1 husband [Posted in FML issue 2812]