>From: "Woodward, Ross G" >Subject: Importing Ferrets into Australia - Just released Thanks Ross for posting these links (I was going to post them myself as well as excerpts, but you beat me to it!)! Please - everybody have a look at the proposal and send in your comments by 13 October 2000! >From: Flemming Farms >Subject: Urgent Info Needed Thanks to all that supplied me with contact information! >From: Randy Horton >Subject: More on FOOD!!! >Are their any intelligent people working there that know that those pieces >of fruit they put in their food are responsible for the deaths of hundreds >of ferrets each year??? Well - people are just ill-informed. At a pet expo this past weekend (that did a great job with promoting ferrets I might add) we were browsing around and found a woman giving away free sample of bird seeds. We asked her if she had any for wild birds and she handed us a pack. At that moment Gattaca popped his head out of his little carry bag and the woman said - hang on here folks - "Oh wow! A ferret! He would really enjoy that mix of seeds! Rabbits love them and I am sure your ferret would too!" I looked at her with shear disbelief! She knew it was a ferret (not a parrot) and she endorsed seeds for him? I kindly explained to her that seeds were probably not a good suggestion for rabbits (but that I did not know for sure as I am not a rabbit person) and that they most certainly were NOT appropriate for a ferret. I showed of Gattaca's very carnivore teeth and explained how they worked and why. She was fascinated by my in-depth explanation and thanked me for taking the time to do it. While I was doing this, a few people stopped to listen and one wanted to take GATT's picture (he is famous now!). [Posted in FML issue 3160]