One of my oldest and sweetest ferrets isn't going to be with me much longer, so I have fallen behind in my reading. I do like the idea of "meeting" everyone though! My name is Susan and I have six ferrets right now, I am hoping my sabina = stays through Christmas, but the vet isn't hopeful. I got my first ferret in '89 I had lived in CA and had never seen one till I moved to Texas, I fell in love. My first ferret was an only ferret and perfect (of course) Sabina replaced her when she left us, since then I have been "given" ferrets from everyone to vets to customers who knew by my calander that I wouldn't mind! I don't of course, but it does make you wonder if you had a Porche calander instead what would happen? Honestly, I can't imagine just giving away a ferret, but so many people do!? We live in Texas, and I succomed to the ferret room idea, for the most part they free range, I love it when the crawl into bed and want to snuggle in the morning. Of course a few areas are off limits, but for the most part my house is airtight, streamlined, locked down and nick-knack free! My mother still is trying to figure out when I became such a neatfreak, HA it was in self defense!!! I have been reading the list for about two years, the first thing I looked up when I got my own pc was the word ferret, and here I am. I read everything posted, and it has helped a lot. from spotting ece, to duck soup to quarantines for new ferrets, to making me laugh when it seems hopeless. Not to mention all of the times I have sat here and cried, to broken hearted by a post of a passing ferret to say anything of any meaning over a loss like that. I read somewhere that lifes greatest joys and sorrows were silent, these people never met a ferret. Susan [Posted in FML issue 2891]