Hi, folks, i'm Sharin, introducing myself. My partner George & i have 2 ferrets, Chloe & Ramone, who've been with us for about 1.5 yrs. (We also have 3 cats & a dog & most of our acquaintances think that's a truly excessive number of pets... if they could only see some of you guys!) G grew up in Ohio where he knew someone who kept ferrets for hunting, & got his first one about 20 yrs ago when they were illegal here. They are still relatively uncommon... We live in Shelburne Falls in the western part of Massachusetts, USA. I first started using the internet at about the same time we got Chloe, & used research about ferret care as a way to learn how to use the thing. Found Ferretcentral, found you folks, & here i still am. [Posted in FML issue 2885]