> Date:    Tue, 28 Mar 1995 07:08:40 -0500
> From:    Debbie Riccio <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FML Stories
>
>...Do any of you out there object if I put
> some of your material in my newsletter????
 
If you like to publish any of our (diane and bill that is) blatherings
that okay with us (if you send us a copy :)).
 
 
> Date:    Tue, 28 Mar 1995 16:53:46 -0400
> From:    "Michelle Sabol Jones, VMD, MS" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Unscented and Regular
>
> ... And I do mean STENCH.  My only choice was to descent.
 
Was this animal spraying?  Unless there is a problem in the glands you
shouldn't smell them unless the ferret gets riled.  I have some plenty of
ferrets in my house.  The descented ones smell no better than the
non-descented ones.  The whole males stink plenty - wouldn't change in
the least if the anal glands were removed.  Urine and musk don't come
from those glands.
 
> ... My point is--if the smell is that bad, descent.  If it's not
> and you don't want to have your pet's anal sacs removed, that's OK too.
> The surgery is NOT a cruel procedure to perform on an animal if done
> properly... As for being light years behind Germany on "cruelty"
> issues--judging from the country's past history--I'd like to stay that way.
 
Don't mix issues with the disparaging comments.  It is cruel in my
opinion to take a knife to an animal for what normally makes NO real
difference in smell.  If their is an infection or something in the gland it is
different of course.
 
> Date:    Tue, 28 Mar 1995 10:43:52 PST
> From:    Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: outlaw
>
> Cold someone post the different colors of ferrets and there names?
 
I posted a fairly lengthy article on ferret colors just over a month ago
in issue 1118.  I think its a little early yet for me to post it all
again - I'm sure I will in the future though when I read enough questions
about colors again.
 
In it I discussed Sables, Champagnes, Cinnamons, Pandas, Silvers, Chocolates,
... (get the idea there a bunch of colors/patterns?)
 
You can request that issue with the article easily however.
 
From the top of each issue:
 
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bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets
[Posted in FML issue 1149]