> Alexandra wrote:
>>OK, all together, who wants to go back to RAISINS?  C'mon, Sukie!
>>Two out of three! ...
>>That's gotta be better than TOMORROW'S chapter of "Mice in Peril."
 
Shirley wrote:
>I think a better idea is an *informed and peer-reviewed* discussion
>on whether or not mice stuffed with raisins meets the needs of ferret
>owners" or, if you can manage it "raisins stuffed with mice."
 
LOL!
 
Honestly, I think the problem is that recently the FML members have
started being treated like they were prey!
 
People here are intelligent enough to look up BOTH (or every) sides of
any discussion, so I personally think that it is time for people to give
others a break from the diet stuff.  Some of it doesn't have clear calls
whereas some have more clear info such as the kidney problems that can
happen with large numbers of raisins.  People who read each side then
make up their own minds, but knowing that there are considerations on
each side they also realize that information on the topic is very much
in flux.
 
There is no reason to go around in circles again on any of those topics;
it's kind of silly, I think.  Facts are not popularity contests, they are
carefully garnered reliable information, not settled by anyone's works,
but preferably when possible by careful study (preferably double blind)
with controlled variables and more, or by epidemiological data, etc.
 
People who missed recent issues can use the SEND FERRET nnnn feature
mentioned in the header, and for older things can use the FML Archives
and other resources.  So, no reason for anyone to repeat on these
several issues.
 
Time marches on; maybe the FML should, too.
 
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my
private posts)
Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love
them:
Ferret Health List
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth
FHL Archives
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
AFIP Ferret Pathology
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
Miamiferrets
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
International Ferret Congress Critical References
http://www.ferretcongress.org
[Posted in FML issue 5202]