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[log in to unmask], 20 Apr 2009 18:43:13 EDT478_- > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Gaines <
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>As the director of legislative affairs for the American Ferret
>Association, which is leading the ferret community's response to HR
>669, I'd like to take a moment to let people know what is going on
>with this issue. The hysteria surr old fashioned ones, the kind with the steel rails and wooden body
and I love the way it feels to come flying down a good sized hill with
two or three of my best friends hanging on for dear [...]40_2Jan200917:26:
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0901 1282 73 26_SaraFerret checks on Numbi11_Sara
[log in to unmask], 2 Jan 2009 23:54:08 -0500408_- It was one of those nights at de Bridge. SaraFerret was tossing and
turning in her hammie and just couldn't sleep, so she finally got up
and went into de other room and started sweeping up. She carefully
swept de dust into de pan and opened de door and carried it outside.
All of a sudden she heard a flutter of wings and Dexter, de little boy
courier, flew up with a note in his paws. [...]53_2Jan200923:54:
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0901 1356 27 18_Re: Miles to go...15_Michele
[log in to unmask], 2 Jan 2009 11:37:30 -0500439_- Roary,
Thank you so much for sharing that wonderfully written tribute. Your
words painted a picture and I felt as though I was right along beside
you. I am so sorry for your loss, but I thank you for sharing that
little piece of it with us.
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see
that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
~Kahlil Gibran [...]41_2Jan200911:37:
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0901 1384 106 45_When to say When ...reply to Is this the End?32_Diane at South Shore Ferret
[log in to unmask], 2 Jan 2009 16:42:42 +0000425_- Hi there, I am replying to yesterdays email to help with Rocky, but I
thought maybe I'd share it with others as well. While this is not new
information, sometimes it helps to hear it from someone else who isn't
as emotional as the caregiver who loves them so much and wrestling with
such an important decision. This applies to caring for a hospice ferret
and not an unexpected urgent medical emergency. [...]53_2Jan200916:42:
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0901 1491 122 54_heartworm on many continents (lungworm in some places)14_Sukie
[log in to unmask], 2 Jan 2009 13:30:04 -0500933_- There are heartworm species on many continents, unfortunately.
Some places say as this one does:
http://www.wormfree.co.uk/dog_cat_worms/en/heartworm/heartworm.shtml
but then notice others such as:
http://inpractice.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/147
>IN domestic carnivores, almost all parasitic diseases of the heart
>and lungs are caused by nematodes belonging to the
>Metastrongyloideasuperfamily, which includes Angiostrongylus vasorum,
>Oslerus osleri, Filaroides species, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and
>Crenosoma vulpis. The only exception is heartworm, which is caused by
>the filarial nematode Dirofilaria immitis. Metastrongyle infections
>are encountered throughout the UK... incidence of disease associated
>with these parasites in dogs and cats is relatively low, largely due
>to the widespread use of prophylactic anthelmintics, [...]41_2Jan200913:30:
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0901 1614 19 17_Re: WANTED-REWARD12_Kevin
[log in to unmask], 2 Jan 2009 10:18:11 -0800509_- > WANTED: Proof -- Ferret Giving Tree Grinch 2008
> REWARD: $100.00 + Ferret Face quilt by Diane Iverson
While I totally agree with wanting to shame the grinch who would do
this, I have an alternative suggestion:
Ins