I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Matan and the other
breeders posting in response to his questions [and BIG for allowing us to
have a forum where we can have this kind of free discussion].  I have never
bred and have never thought about breeding.  Normally I would skim through
the breeding posts because they were a bit too technical for me.  I have
read the current posts because they don't seem to fly over my head quite
as much as a discussion between the experts.  Having some one who is
inexperienced asking questions has opened my eyes to all of the things
that us non-breeder types don't think about.
 
Both of my girls are Marshall Farms bought from a pet store four some odd
years ago.  Every now and again I have felt some guilt that buying ferrets
from a company that fixes (especially so early) their ferrets was a bad
thing to do.  I felt that I had a hand in taking away something very
special - the ability to have children.  That I was depriving them of an
important part of their life.  After reading that the actual mating is a
horrible affair violent and akin to rape, and then all of the health risks
involved in their fertility, I don't feel so bad that my girls will always
be girls.
 
Beth
Minerva &
Frumpstiggle the marsh wiggle
[Posted in FML issue 3352]