Troy Lynn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>Heard something quite interesting from someone at our WalMart day today.
>She said Norway is rabies free.  It would be quite interesting to find
>out if ferrets are legal in Norway - foundation for our "rabies isn't a
>problem in ferrets" statements - of course we all know it isn't a problem
>but this would add one more hmm - weapon - to our artillary.  Anyone want
>to check on this?
 
Sweden, Ireland and the United Kingdom are rabies free too. In
Sweden and the UK we've got lots of ferrets, I don't know about
the others.
 
But I don't think this will help you in any way. Since we don't
have rabies it says nothing about any "rabies problem" anywhere
else.
 
I might mention that we don't have any approved rabies vaccine
for ferrets in Sweden, and this is the first year cats and dogs
have been allowed to be vaccinated against it at all. After
beeing vaccinated, anti-body tested and ID marked with an
implanted chip they don't have to be put in quarantine. Ferrets
are still always subjected to four months quarantine. The British
are stricter and do not rely on any vaccination.
 
Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>Is there any kind of wooden shavings that aren't bad poor ferrets?  I have
>been thinking of making a play sandbox for the fuzzies because they love to
>dig.
 
They sure do like to dig! I've found that they love the kind of
soil I put in flowerpots best, so that's what I give them to play
with. I've got a large cardboard box they can jump into, where
I've put a bucket of soil. As long as it doesn't get to dry and
dusty, it's actually very little of a problem.
--
 Urban Fredriksson  [log in to unmask]
 I wish my ferrets came equipped with drag chutes.
 
[Posted in FML issue 0845]