Well, Spaw, I used to have ferrets. And weasles. And raccoons, and skunks, and foxes, and bobcats, and ring-tailed cats, and collared peccaries, and squirrels, and flying squirrels, and... Well, you get the picture. I used to be a wildlife rehabilitation worker. Then I was a zookeeper. I found that stinking of animal shit is not a good way to enlarge one's social circle (other than with other people who stink of animal shit.)

Any other advice?

Carol