On May 29, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Linda Iroff wrote: >... I suggest a polite letter writing campaign to ask Southwest to >include ferrets as an allowable pet Also, that they do not tend to chew through wires. (a few do, but it's rare just as it is rare for cats or dogs) There was a recent news story about a ferret who got loose in a plane by destroying a soft-sided carrier, and the stewardess (hailed as a hero in the article) "knew" that ferrets and rats will eat through wires so they had to catch the ferret before it caused the plane to crash. Arrrgghhh! Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6348]