Of our 12 ferrets, three came with MF papers. I had no argument with the papers--Marshall Farms includes a brief but useful description of ferret care. And given how people generally are pretty ignorant about ferrets as first-time buers, that information is certainly useful. But I did notice something that bothered me. According to shot records noted by the pet store on these papers, two of the ferrets had received FELINE distemper shots. Ack! I was not able to verify what they might actually have been vaccinated with. Fortunately, they didn't appear to have any problems and were vaccinated again later by our vet. But I do wonder if some of the distemper problems we hear of in ferrets are related to improper initial vaccinations. And speaking of vaccinations, I'm wondering how young ferrets are actually administered vaccinations. Do large-scale breeders use single-use hypodermics? I hope so, as there are obvious health implications to multiple-use hypodermics. I don't want to set off a round of speculation, but would like to ask that anyone on the FML who has actually observed mass vaccination let me know how it is done. Jacqueline [Posted in FML issue 3032]