This is a great idea! I come out of lurkdom maybe once a year. My name is Laurie LaFave, and I am owned by 5 ferrets, Chaos, a MF 4 1/2 year old MF female albino who has survived stress induced diabetes (and is doing very well, thank you), all my rescues, JD, a 4+? year old MF male sable, Kelsey, a 1 year old female shetland sable, Ruckus, an almost 1 year old deaf boy, silver blaze, panda mitt wanna be and finally Rocket, a ? year old, dark eyed white, skinny boy.I cannot remember how long I have subscribed to this list, but know I got here through a search on the internet. I have been owned by ferrets for over 15 years. I guess I am a rarity though, for I am a snowbird. I live and work in Woodstock, NY from April - October and live and play in Titusville, FL from November - March. Due to the number of ferrets that we now have, my hubby and I now drive straight through when we make the biannual trek, 22 hours in all. Oh, and the vehicle has gotten bigger the more ferrets that we obtain, we went from a Pontiac Sunbird to a Pontiac Extended Montana Minivan. I am an active member of the Brevard Ferret Lover's Rescue in FL during the time I am here, and when I am not, the shelter directors know that I am here in spirit. Speaking of the Rescue, all of you know that it is very overcrowded. Since I do not think I can drive a tractor trailer to haul all my pets (which means I cannot adopt anymore at the present moment), my hubby and I have decided we are going to "try our hand" at making some pretty cute stuff, and I have put them up on ebay, http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=211689332 and http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=211684920. We will do this for the next few weeks. All proceeds will benefit the rescue. Thanks in advance BIG for letting me get the "plug" in. Laurie, Chaos, JD, Kelsey, Ruckus & Rocket [Posted in FML issue 2886]