Nell, You will have difficulty being able to fulfill the requirements for rabies and several other infectious zoonotic diseases ferrets can get which are common to either Asia and Africa in order to bring the ferret back home. Some examples of diseases of concern which ferrets can contract include rabies, avian influenza, tuberculosis, and possibly SARS (though I think that it is still not known if they can get that casually enough to be a worry, but check me on that). Speak to the embassy there. Be sure to read: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/faq_animal_importation.htm#smallmammals http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/sregs/ http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/browse_by_diseases.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing_goods/agri_prod_inus.xml http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/faq_animal_importation.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/monkey-adoption-scam.html http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/isolation_quarantine/index.htm Imagine the ammo that the anti-ferret would have if a serious disease tracked back to an imported ferret. Never mind that cats and dogs have the same concerns... Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth 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 5532]
