>I contacted Marshall farms via e-mail to ask about their practices in
>selling ferrets to labs.  I specifically asked about sold for fur, as
>someone accused them of on the FML,and what safeguards are in place to
>insure the ferrets go to licensed, approved labs- and I got a response
>the next day, and I was pleased in the answers and the quick response
>that I got.
 
Ditto.
 
As far as being required to feed their food for one year to keep the
warranty valid, I have to disagree.  I can see this point: if you feed your
ferrets complete crap for one year you can't guarantee they won't develop
health problems no matter how excellent the breeding (note: I am not saying
MF ferrets are bred to excellence.  I declare myself an agnostic on the
MF issue.) However, I just can't see putting that kind of stipulation on
the guarantee.  I have read the ingredients.  In my opinion, it is not
something I would want to feed to my ferrets.  Why can't they just say that
you have to feed a high quality diet for the guarantee to be effective?
 
April
[Posted in FML issue 3518]