Hi fellow ferret friends,
 
"Ferocious, fierce, dangerous or naturally inclined to do harm" is what is
considered to be a wild animal.  Which ferrets are now categorized to be
in NYC according to the NY Newsday in todays paper.  The headline- "New
List Bans ' Wild Animals' " To cut it short, the Prohibited Pets in NY are
now (just a list of some) Wolf, fox, hyena, dingo, jakal, bears....
ferrets, iguanas, etc, etc.
 
Now you tell me does a ferret belong in the same category as these
animals???
 
One parts states, "The five-member Board of Health, expressing concern
about studies they'd read about ferrets attacking young children, voted
unanimously to keep the furry critters on the list of banned animals."
 
Now what I don't understand is did they do any studies about dogs or cats
"attacking young children"?  And also you can teach a dog to attack but you
can you teach a ferret to attack?  No.  Don't get me wrong I love dogs and
there is nothing wrong with them but I think that a dog or cat bite is more
harmful to a child than a ferret bite.
 
I'm sorry but I think that this is CRAZY and I just feel like venting to
others who hopefully feel the same way as me.
 
If anyone a copy of this article I can scan it and e-mail it.  Just drop me
a line and I will send it to you.  Maybe I'll post it on my website, will
that be illegal?
 
On a different note, Spanky my oldest male is getting sooo fat, and I was
wondering if anyone has ever put their ferret on a diet and if so how.
Also I have 3 others and the oldest female- Maggie is soooo skinny.  It
looks like Spanky is depriving Maggie of all of her food.  But anyway how
is it possible to force feed one and diet the other?  Plus I was wondering
where I can find the duck soup recipe on-line or possibly someone can
e-mail it to me.
 
Other than that it's vet time soon (for shots) and I just moved to Brooklyn
from NJ and I have a vet there and I am thinking of just sticking with the
vet in NJ with all of this illegal mumbo jumbo going on.  What do you
think?
 
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My prayers are out to those who crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
 
Take care and make sure you pay attention to your fuzzies because they need
you.
 
Kaycie and the 4 pack
Maggie, Spanky, Smokie and the Bandit
[Posted in FML issue 2727]