I have 5 ferrets. The first I got from the local feed store as a kit. The rest were rescues from people that couldn't care for them anymore or didn't know what they were getting into. I find that too many people get a ferret without knowing the care they require and then abandon them to shelters. They are great pets, but they are high maintenace. My last two were rescues that were going to be PTS. The 4th baby, Max was dumped at the SPCA because he smelled(well, gee if you'd feed the proper food and take the proper care, he wouldn't smell!) Poor baby went into shelter shock and stopped eating. SPCA adoption cost-$10 vet care before I even adopted him-$160, could have been more but the very nice vet didn't charge hospitalization. Lulu the baby and last fuzzy was given to me after much arguing with the petstore. They had her separtated in a cage with BITES!!! written across her cage and they were going to send her back to be PTS. I finally talked them out of her. She hardly bites anymore.

You can see 4 of my 5 in my sig below. Also here's a pic of Rory and Jax.


More pics and some ferret info are on my website. It has not been updated in ages so it doesn't have two of the fuzzies stories or any of the kitties, but it's cute. Triple Trouble
Another good site to check out that has tons of info on the care of ferrets and links to other wonderful ferret sites is
Ferret Central
If you are interested in ferrets, another resource I reccommend is Ferrets for Dummies by Kim Schilling. It is an excellent book, a must have for any ferret owner.