I heard today from someone whose vet treated a pet store's ferrets for influenza. So many people coming in, so much chance to spread infection to the ferrets... Please, remember that if you think you have a cold it might instead be an influenza to which you have some immunity. Ferrets DO get influenza and bacterial sinus infections. Hand washing becomes especially important to protect them, please. Influenza is primarily a respiratory virus but it can have additional components such as GI ones. 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 all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) "Trust, the Final Frontier." (2010, Juliette Powell) [Posted in FML 6902]
