>GEnie Pet-Net Ferret Category
>From: A.GRUDEN Ann M. Gruden
>To: J.WEISMAN Jeb Weisman
>Sub: Internet News: Ferret Newslett
>Re: Descenting - We've experienced much the same as Randy with
>respect to descenting. We had our first two descented on the advice
>of our vet when they were each neutered. Right after loosing our
>first female to cancer, we purchased another little female - about 3
>months old and decided not to have her descented.
>Isabel is now a little over 5 - in all these years she never sprayed
>- until we adopted another female this Spring and the "ferret wars"
>began! Even when she did, the odor, unlike skunk, does not "cling"
>to their bedding or the ferret. It dissipates quickly.
>Since they have now settled into a routine of minor skirmishes - she
>no longer "sprays" at all. So at most, not having her descented has
>been at most, a minor household inconvenience of rather short
>duration!
>I wholehearedly agree with Randy - that neutering appears to
>eliminate essentially all of the odor "problem." Isabel has no more
>or less odor than Mini, who is descented. So, we've come to the
>conclusion that if an operation is unneccesary, why put the animal
>through it? In our opinion, it comes under the heading of "cosmetic"
>surgery and unless someone uncovers a "health" value to descenting
>(e.g., as with spaying, for example), we will never have any of our
>future fuzzies descented.
>Ann
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Thanks, Jeb - and, also thanks again for continuing to post the
InterNet to Genie! (My pleasure -Jeb)
[I notice that people are calling this the "Internet Ferret Mailing
List". It ain't actually. This machine (ferret.ocunix.on.ca) isn't
on the Internet. I'm UUCP connected to another machine that's UUCP
connected to a machine on ONET (Ontario Net). And, of course, the
list carries stuff from Internet, Janet, Bitnet, etc. etc. etc.
I don't know what to call it other than "The Ferret Mailing List".
Any suggestions? - CRL]
[Posted in FML 0180]
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