>[Moderator's note: Good question, thanks.  Posting the vet's names is OK --
>they are not prosecuted for treating ferrets.  But admitting to owning them
>is another issue, though it's a bit difficult to prove a particular ferret
>is a personal pet rather than a patient.  I will remove the info from the
>archvies just in case.  BIG]
 
Hopefully someone specifically knowledgable in California can respond but
it doesn't matter if a vet is keeping someone else's ferret or their own -
the result is the same.  As I understand it, vets are legally allowed to
treat ferrets but not keep them overnight.  Keeping the ferret overnight
is possession.  And the possession is illegal not just strictly ownership;
otherwise all the California folks could lease them from folks outside the
state.
 
>From:    Derek & Amy Flemming <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Mothering jills
>I have noticed that BOTH of the two girls have been mothering the other
>jills
 
Normal and expected.  Not all mama-to-bes do it as openly as others but
even those that are going through a false pregnancy will do maternal acts
to their room-mates.  Some even try to drag their people in for mothering.
 
>From:    Eve Kochel <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fert Fashion
>Hi, Bill!
>You're a nut. ;-)
 
Thanks!  Never claimed to be anything else...
 
>Thanks for the clarification!  I guess next they'll be accessorizing?
 
Just watch what they start stealing and stashing.  With summer coming
they'll start going for matching handbags or something.
 
-bill
 
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bill and diane killian
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