Jeannie Stevens wrote:
>they had 2 shave his 2 front legs and give him several shots of pretozone
>and a few othes.  Hes fine now but the hair is not growing back?
 
Give it time.  It might even take until the spring coat change, when his
body is in "hair-growing mode" again.  If you notice a blue-black, bruised
look to the shaved area, that's the dark hairs growing back in.  (Light
colored ferrets sometimes turn orange instead of blue.)
 
Monique wrote:
>Just the other day, she bit someone's nose till it bled, and she would NOT
>let go!  [...] My Mom's threatening to have her put down if she bites
>someone like that again, and I don't know what to do!
 
I'm sure other people will chime in with advice on stopping the nose-biting.
I just wanted to ask, if your mom insists on "getting rid of" your ferret,
please take Woozle to a local ferret shelter instead of having her put down.
Shelters have a lot of experience with problem ferrets, and she's far from
the worst they'll have seen.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 2149]