I'm sure I'm probably the 20th person to report this, since I haven't been
good about keeping up with the FML lately.
Tonight on Emergency Vets on Animal Planet there was a ferret. He was a big
sable, with a lovely almost pure-white undercoat. The poor guy had ripped
out one of his front toenails, then proceeded to lick at it until it was
raw.
Well, they shaved the fur off the toe, and cleaned him up. Then, here's the
great part, they made an Elizabethan Collar for him out of x-ray film. They
made a great production out of showing how the doctor fashioned it. They
fastened it on with gauze around the neck and then looped it around his
chest behind the front paws.
The doctors were rather pleased with themselves. Of course I was just
laughing, "Yeah, right. It MIGHT stay on... for 10 seconds."
In any case, he was a lovely boy. And it was comical to see a ferret in an
E-collar. Especially since he wasn't too seriously injured.
I usually don't watch Emergency Vets. Almost every show I've seen they've
had to put an animal down. That's not my idea of a relaxing evening in
front of the TV. So, I don't know if this has been shown before, or how
often they do reruns of the same show.
This show had a long segment doing an ultrasound on a puppy's heart
immediately before the ferret segment. His name was Zeus, and I would
guess he is a German Shepherd.
As a side note with no ferret content, if you caught the Animal Doctor
episode with the obese Corgi prior to this show, you might be interested in
checking out the Corgi we are currently fostering to her get down to
adoptable weight. She's of a comparable weight to the one on TV (about 3x
what she should be), although at only 2 years old, she appears to be in
better shape than him. http://www.voicenet.com/~geos/reba.html If you know
anyone who is letting their pets' weight get out of control, please show
them this page so they understand what their "love" is doing to their pet.
OK, to give it some ferret content, we introduced her to our ferrets,
Popcorn and Graham, a few days ago, since it looks like she'll be with us a
while. The intro went perfectly. Just some interest on both sides, but no
aggression at all. So, she now has 2 ferrets to follow around for exercise.
:)
- Nancy
[Posted in FML issue 2382]
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