It's birch, diefenbaker, sprite, storm, silicon & polar bear from waterloo, canada. With their poop scooper selina. I first started the fml about a year ago, I switch from the alt.pets.ferrets. It's been a great source of information, and I met some great people in Ottawa through it. I was a co-op student, now I'm a grad student in computer graphics at the university of waterloo. For those who worry when students have pets, I can only try to relieve your fears by stating that I support my kids & pay my own school fees, own rent, own maintenance etc. I have a backup account for ferrets and a backup-backup account (in comp.sci, you can never have too many backups :) ). I've had to deal with surgeries in the past. Birch & I started our university years together 5 years ago. The rest joined my family in the past year and turn my love of ferrets into an obssesion. Since then, I've been busy imposing ferrets on my comp.sci. profs and my fine art profs. Dief is deaf, and Sprite, Sand and Bear probably are too. Sprite and Sand are not litter trained, but when you are studying, it's important to take breaks, and nothing relaxes like cleaning poop. really. Storm became litter trained after 6 months or so of trying, so I still have hopes for sand & sprite (not a lot, but some). Birch is the smartest, Sand is the silliest, Bear is the craziest, Storm is the sweetest, and Sprite is the bitchiest. Dief is perfect. I also have a roommate with 3 ferrets and 2 cats, and my parent's dog stay with me on occasion. Have a warm and fuzzy day. // *********************************************** // Selina, Birch, Dief, Sprite, Storm, Sand & Bear // http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~ssiu [Posted in FML issue 2885]