Our Hilbert has his own chosen task ever since he got me awake when our home was filling with fumes maybe a year and a half ago. He watches my breathing when I am not awake. If I am snoring too badly or otherwise showing signs from my asthma kicking up he will alert Steve if Steve is here, and if Steve is not here he will wake me. That is not a trained task, though. It is one he set for himself. My allergist knows that Hilbert does this, so if I had serious asthma maybe there is a professional who would admit to knowing a service task ferret... Years ago when another ferret was ill one of our females used to alert us whenever he was about to take an acute turn for the worse. We were able to get sleep that way. The question, of course, is whether ferrets could consistently enough to taught to the tasks instead of adopting them themselves... Just looking for some websites to help people find pet friendly hotels/ motels/camp grounds, though a Google search find many, many more: http://www.officialpethotels.com/ http://www.petswelcome.com/ http://www.letsgopets.com/ http://www.1clickpethotels.com/ http://www.extendedstayhotels.com/?WT.srch=1 http://www.takeyourpet.com/ http://www.bestpetfriendlyhotels.net/ http://www.passporter.com/articles/traveling-with-pets.asp http://www.campingpa.com/mail/repets.htm and there are many more! Vetnet suggests asking AAA for their info on places that let you stay with your pets. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5794]
