>From:    JOHN & SANDY LAZDINS <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: To introduce our family
>PS I must ask - when you all speak of raisins are you talking about the
>dried grape type?
 
Yes.  Are there other kinds?
 
>From:    Joshua A Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: My ferret story.
>So, we got what we think to be a silver-mitt.  I'm not sure, but here is his
>features.  Burgandy eyes (not red unless you look at him when he is staring
>at the light).  A complete white head all the way down to his shoulders
>where it then gets very dark (only across his shoulders)...
>white with brown/black spots.  He also has dark haris around the backside of
>his ears.  I think it's a silver-mitt with panda markings?
 
In AFA terms you have a Black Roan Mitt Panda.  In other standards you have
a panda.  Most systems aren't complete in the seperation between pattern and
color otherwise you'd be exactly correct.
 
Roan is the white mixed in with the Black which other standards call medium
silver.  Or the LIFE construct of medium pattern.
 
>So it appears to be something wrong with her right?  I just know that my
>girlfriend could not stand to lose another ferret so close to the first one
>dying.
 
Afraid that most of us couldn't help you without the diagnostics like the
X-Ray or at least more detailed results from the tests give.  She does sound
sick.  Try to find a way to aford the care needed.  I remember being poor in
college as well.
 
>From:    Rich Czuba <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Louie's surgery; be careful when choosing a Vet!
 
When you changed to Midwest you ended up with one of the very best in the
country in Dr. Susan Brown.  Only a few have easy access to one as good as
her.  We're fortunate here in the DC area we have several.
 
>From:    Bobby and Jane Petty <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: What's best way to administer Prednisone?
 
We would crush a tablet (or half tablet usually) and mix it with Linatone.
 
>From:    DJ & Liz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Skinny ferrets from Breeders??
 
>most of the male ferrets I know are VERY skinny and small...they are teh
>size of female ferrets...but all of these are from either Hagen or CDC
>(Canadian breeders) and were neutered/descented at 6 weeks of age.  Could
>this possibly be why they are so small
 
Yes.  Removing the sex glands removes the hormones important for full
development.
 
>From:    Austin Owens <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: U GO!!!!
>Eyes need to be opend and exposed to this information.  It needs to be
>known.  Its the same with a car or any merchendise, if there was a company
>that had so much bad information like this it would be on the 10 oclock
>news.  But why not with our ferrets?!?  (living breathing animals!)
 
Might reflect on the validity of the negative stories actually.  No news
coverage for bogus stories would be an explanation.  We do not question
the heart of folks who hear these stories and grow to hate Marshall
Farms.  But the mind need to carefully reflact on the details of the truth.
We can't blame Marshall Farms for all the sins of the ferret world.
 
We do not approve of their seeming ever earlier spay/neuters.  This is the
very worst thing about MF.  It would certainly be better if anyone could
come up with a viable solution to the retired breeders situation.  Many of
us have spent much time on this.  Its not a simple problem with a simple
solution.  Most of the stories though are just not all that true.
 
bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets
http://www.zenferret.com/
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[Posted in FML issue 1814]