Dear slinky enthusiasts,
 
1. Re FFZ's
Does anyone have a list of all known Ferret Free Zones?  This could be
a large list.  I know that California is one, and I thought Michigan,
Utah, Hawaii, and perhaps Massachusetts were as well.  I heard there
are various counties and cities as well that have not seen the light
(most recently around Dallas?).  I was wondering if anyone had an
exhaustive list (you could send to me, and I could summarize for the
list if there are answers).
 
2. Re claws in bells
Something unexpected with little bells on collars: Sunday morning Dors
(insane little female) got one of her front claws stuck in her bell.
Fortunately, I noticed immediately (she was flopping about trying to
extract it).  The problem is the bell has a little Y-shaped slot, into
which, if you are unlucky enough to stick your claw, your claw can
easily get wedged, because the top of the Y-hole guides your claw into
the smaller slot-area.  If you have a solution, or if you know of a
good source for very small bells into which claws won't get wedged in
this way (a constant-width slot would be safer than Y-shaped), I'd
like to hear about it.
 
3. Re Michelle & collars and bells
The only kind of collar I've ever found stays on is ball chain.  I
bought a toilet ball chain kit at the local hardware store.  For
bells, try to find a bead store (though they sometimes have meager
quality bells).  For tags, I don't know.  Try to find the smallest
possible (I haven't found a good solution here).
 
4. Re Kathryn Michelle Krowl & butt jumpy's loss & recovery
Thank God you retrieved her.  One can only hope one ferret-proofs well
enough (and this story shows the importance of such).  Perhaps I
should be training my little friends to come running at the sound of a
bell or bicycle horn.
 
Todd P. Cromwell III (behalf of Dors and Seldon)
(206) 528-5952 [log in to unmask]
 
[Posted in FML issue 0633]