In response to the person who asked- isn't 10 ferrets too many? It is for me!!! What orchestrations and planning!! It is not an easy road to travel. Chup. I have too many of them- get them while they are hot. Ferrets fer Sale. I have 2 double adrenals, I have a fibrosarcoma-adrenal combo, two chronic lung damaged ferrets. I have a ferret with a greatly enlarged spleen just starting to lose lots of fur everywhere on its body. I have a few deaf guys.The one chronic lung guy is so dumb he does not respond to his name after a Year!! All he can do is jump on the bed and kiss my face in the morning and hop around like he was a frog. I got a cranky old feral cat that bit me when I first captured it. I was out of work for a week with Cat Scratch Fever. He wakes me up at 3:30 A.M.Twenty pounds lands on the chest. I got a female cat that was totally ignored or hurt,cause ya cannot hold her without her crying like a baby. She wants to play at 5 A.M.-including Sundays. Which one do you want?? Their human names are Worthless, Disposable, Property, Want a dog now, It's getting sick-dump it, Profit margin, bored with It, Euthenize, and Shelter garbage. Matthew 6:21 says "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." And Luke 12:6 AMP says "Are not 5 sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet not one of them is forgotten or uncared for in the presence of God." These helpless animals are my treasure. They are Gods beloved: deserving of His love and ours. Do I have too many ferrets? So many that it is difficult to have balance in my life and pay all the bills for the sick ones. Spend every third Sunday making Bob C. chicken soup with 5 chickens. They eat it 3 times a day. Take the guys out in shifts to the pet store, the bank, friends, family, the car wash, the woods, the lake. We play every morning together. Currently: Half free roam in the day. Half at night-unless they are sick. Need 3 cages to make sure I can keep track of poops and sneezing or coughing. Have the sound machine next to one side of my bed. The cages at my feet. My entire home was set up with animal care in mind. Have to make two runs a week just for litter. Spend three hours once a week now cleaning out the litter boxes and cages completely. Have animals to syringe feed, feed off of plates as they sit on my lap, nails to clip, ears to clean, teeth to brush. Oh yes. Have my own business. Work full time. 45 hours of seminars a year. Yet- What greater treasure can I have aside from the love of God and family and a few dear friends? Not a day goes by I do not laugh out loud, or feel covered in serenity while feeding a little one, sense the frailty of life, or behold the complex heart warming beauty that God has created in awe. "As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with Compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience." Colossians 3:12 Lisette [Posted in FML issue 2894]