What do you think is the optimum number of kits to a litter?  Too few (which
you can't do a whole lot about) and the mother will disregard them, too many
and it's rather stressful for her.  But what's the numbers when sad things
happen, usually?
 
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Heather Joan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Being that this virus is airborne, if Coconut and Chunkey are exposed to
>the virus, without having direct contact with an infected animal, can they
>carry the virus and transmit it to Jasper.
 
Yes, and so could you and your clothes.  Be thankful that the virus doesn't
"live" outside the body as long as the plasmacytosis virus.
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 Urban Fredriksson  [log in to unmask]
 http://www.alfaskop.net/%7Egriffon/ferrets/
[Posted in FML issue 2008]