This may be a little dated as I am behind on my FML (for shame!) but I had
to get my $0.02 in!
 
>From:    Edward Lipinski <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Bleeding from all her orifices . . . Really? (A resubmit)
>a vasectomized male ferret kept with an intact, fertile female ferret,
>will mate with her as required and she'll not develop aplastic anemia nor
>will she become embryonically pregnant and deliver unwanted baby ferrets
>(kits).  She'll be a very happy contented female, having known what the
>sexual experience is
 
The female ferret, when put with a V-hob will not become pregnant, but will
go thru false pregnancy.  This is hard on the female's health - she gets
extra hormones running thru her body, puts on weight, loses her coat, and
may even produce milk.  Her attitude towards other ferrets, as well as
people, will change.  She may become frantic, mothering other ferrets and
people, or turn into a sort of an attack ferret - protecting her "babies".
For a breeding ferret false pregnancy will happen and may even be
necessary, but certainly not for a pet.
 
>Surely, would you deny your little female the thrill and joy of sexual
>intercourse that you yourself enjoy?
 
Ferrets only breed when in heat, this indicates that ferrets are animals
that breed for re-creation - not for recreation.  As a breeder, I don't
think I have ever seen a female ferret as willing as you described.  Humans
are one of very few in the animal kingdom that enjoy the act.
 
I also suggest that you keep in mind that this list may have individuals
that may be too young for or offended by sexual posts.  And I do consider
this post - and one other from the past comes to mind - quite explicit.  It
is one thing to talk about the breeding of animals, but quite another to be
explicit about it.
 
>I've had the experience of watching females die of aplastic anemia, have
>photographed them, and can assure you with photographs if you're
>interested, of their peaceful, sleeplike, comatose deaths.  I know of no
>ferret that has died, as youput it, bleeding from all orifices of her body,
>as a consequence directly of aplastic anemia.
 
Why was this allowed to happen?  Maybe you have not clarified the situation.
Can you explain why no help or treatment for these girls took place?  Or if
it did?
 
Amy Flemming
Flemming Farms
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/9521
[Posted in FML issue 2441]