>From: Shane Charkow <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: anononymous posting from california >To the guy in florida who wants another ferret...just a few questions. I am assuming you mean me and I am from CA not FL. >1. How can you take the chance that not one but TWO ferrets that you care >about will be impounded by the state? > >2.) How do you expect to get vetinary care on a regular basis much less a >emergency (as in your ferret is dying from eating something he shouldn't >have?). First of all my decision to get a Ferret was not a light one, I spent 4 years thinking about it and read everything there was to read about it and made sure I found a Ferret friendly vet (I researched him before I even thought about bringing the fuzzy to him), the vet I chose is 10 minutes from my house and he is incredible with my fuzzy (he is very informed and spent over an hour giving me information on Ferrets and things I should look for and do in case of emergencies. He was so great I switched my cats care to him too. Also, I am very careful about who knows about my fuzzy and I have decided not to bring him out in public anymore (I have a back yard he can frolic in when I want him to get fresh air). I also have a pet sitter that is experiences with Ferrets. And....about getting him confiscated: I can run faster than they can, I have a back door and I have an alternate house I can stash him in just in case. At this moment I am looking out for the welfare of my fuzzy and the fact that I think he misses other ferret companionship. I am not set in getting a second one but I like to be informed before I make decisions. If for some reason the wild life and fish Nazis give me reason to panic I will drive him out of CA myself before I surrender him to them. Last thing, we may move out of CA within a year anyway so this will all be moot and I can't wait to be able to bring him out and not be scared of who sees him. All of you who can do such things consider yourselves lucky. I think I am done defending myself. Thanks [-M] [Posted in FML issue 3385]