We lost Shiela (our last ferret,albino female) she lived 8 yrs.  We decided to let her go, she had an adrenal tumor.  We are not getting anymore.  She was our fifth and final.  My daughter is almost in high school and our sched will be too busy to be good ferret parents so I will just live vicariously through everyone here.  There is a big hole in my heart though. I loved being owned by my ferrets and will miss that tremendously......