>From:    Harry Silvis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Delta Announces
 
At this point the only airline to ship animals cargo or baggage is
Continental.  It is with their QuickPack service.  I have talked with them
extensively about this & they assure me that the animals are on temperature
controlled planes & then unloaded ASAP & taken into the terminal in
temperature controlled rooms ASAP.  They do not have limitations for
temperatures.  Other airlines I have talked to told me the animals are
unloaded & left on the runway between flights!  Not good in really hot or
really cold temps!  Only problem with Continental QuickPack is they don't
go everywhere.  I am unsure about their on-flight rules.
 
>From:    "E.M. Ennis" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: biters, 'Hopeless'
 
>We just recently got in our worst biter (which I'm sure would be a
>sweetheart for many of you long-time shelter folk).  She's a HUGE altered
>female, non-MF (does PV use any tattoo, 'cause this girl's got no
>tattoos?), unknown age (assumed 1-3 yrs), and neglected neglected neglected.
>... SHe's got a thick blaze running from her forehead to her shoulders,
>white mitts and tail tip, pink nose, snow-white belly from 'snout-to-vent',
>and a salt-and-pepper coat along her back, head, and tail.
 
Sounds like a silver blaze.  I am guessing by your description that she is
deaf.  I had a similar experience with a DEW jill.  She would rip the hell
out of you!  Helped a lot when we realized she was deaf - this was long
before I had heard of Waardenburgs which effects DEW, Blaze, Panda, & some
ferrets with spots on their foreheads.  It took us a while to figure out how
to communicate with her, but we earned her trust & gave nothing but love.
 
>From:    Bob Church <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Bob C: Question for Experienced Breeder
>The question is, does anyone have practical experience with housing
>multiple hobs together when they are not in rut?
 
Well, my boys live together in the off season & play together in the
breeding season.  Sometimes a few get too rough while playing so the rough
boys gets time out & tried back later.  If that doesn't work they come out
& play by themselves.  But they usually only have pecking order type spats.
When out of season they act like regular altered ferrets.  In fact, I have
seen alters & jills act worse!  I have noticed a larger tendency in
aggressive behavior in hobs when in rut - with or with out jills present.
I believe it must be a hormonal thing.  I have also noticed that my hobs
are sweeter towards people & are more playful when not in rut.  When they
are in rut they are usually snuffling the floor looking for girl smells,
etc.
 
Amy Flemming
Flemming Farms
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/9521
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[Posted in FML issue 2385]