Of course we've all heard about the FLO by now. Well, I never thought it would affect *me*. Not my ferrets, not my family. For you to understand this, you have to know a little background. My stepdaughter Caitlin is a nice young woman, tho perhaps a bit naive. This June, her friend M___, who in a foreign country, stayed with us for a couple of weeks. (We're in Massachusetts, a small town - we've always felt safe here.) He seemed trustworthy, respectable. But apparently, M___ & my ferret Ramon developed a relationship i didn't know about. Now I adore Ramon, but I've never really trusted him. Always sneaking around, & why would he wear that mask all the time if he wasnt hiding something? Caitlin received an e-mail communication today from M___, and I heard her reading parts of it out loud to Ramon. I asked her if I could read her e-mail, and this is what it said: >It is VERY IMPORTANT that you tell ramone I said "abort." It's ferret >code for our revolution against humanity. I've said too much already: >just relay the message as soon as possible. Human life as we know it >depends upon your delivery. Well, she thought it was just a joke, but I immediately recognized the significance. I knew they used feline agents, but I didn't know they used *human teenagers*. Shortly later I caught Ramon trying to turn on the computer. I stopped him that time, but I can't be in the room all the time. As far as I know, Chloe, the other ferret, is not involved - but how long can that last? How to deal with this situation right in the heart of my family? [Posted in FML issue 2794]