Thanks for your reply! It really helped out.

That makes sense, getting three ferrets -- I always say I wish I was allowed to have another rat. If one of my rats died, the other would be so depressed. I think I will start out with one ferret, and once I am used to that, I'll buy two more. Ferrets are $250 here. It seems pretty expensive to me, as most small animals here don't seem to cost that much. Is that a bad price?

Unfortunatly we dont have any ferret rescues closer than four hours away -- I believe we may have a ferret club though. The one time I saw a ferret in the SPCA was about four years ago -- He was a full grown albino with a nasty temperment. I hope one day I'll find a nicer one there. The SPCA sells them for $100, alot cheaper than in a petstore lol.

Do you think if I got a baby and socialized him well with my rats, he would be good with them? My rats are pretty tough lol. They wouldn't put up with any bad behaviour. Maybe they could put him in line while he's still a baby and he could learn who's boss that way? That's how Caleb was taught lol. Once he starts playing too rough, he gets a swift bite LOL. I'm sure you know how muchrat bites hurt! I have scars lol.

So maybe I will leave good cat food out all day, and then feed raw for breakfast or dinner or something...

Do your ferrets eat tripe? I bet tripe would be yummy for them!