>From:    Avatar <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Marshall Farms Ferts and robustness
>I see absolutely no evidence when I look at him that MF ferrets are usually
>less robust than ferrets obtained from other breeders and rescues.  >
 
I will agree.  I have written about this debate in the past and really think
it is a dead issue.  There is no supporting evidence, from veteranarians or
biologists, of MF having inferior ferrets.  I have 2 MF ferrets and 2 from
private breeders.  My MF gib is a big and healthy as my Hob.  I think what
we really need to focus on is the private breeders that are in the business
only for the quick dollar.  I have heard and read more horror stories of
sub-standard living conditions at these amatuer breeding farms, which
disturbs me more than anything MF has done.
 
Dave Smith
http://kode.net/~dsmith
 
Along with the crew of "Loosewire, Lucy, Spice, Buford and Bear"
[Posted in FML issue 1764]