Well I just talked to the Manager of the BRAND NEW Keene, NH Petco -a mere 5 miles away from Ferret Wise-- she called to see about educational dates at the store- I am arranging to drop off information (ADV booklets & Mini guides) I asked her who is distributing ferrets to her store-- any guesses? ANIMALS, ETc. Sorry, but I told her as much as we would LIKE to work with problem cases from her store -- it would not be possible as we are an ADV negative shelter. I am hoping I can educate her I did tell her it is not possible for us to assist with problem ferrets-- UNLESS they change distributors for ferrets! sigh..... part 2 Okay so I decided to go in tonight ( Shelter Dad's idea) and took the literature- Now I know why I was called. There are 10 ferrets there today all new ones-- 1 may be 8 weeks old all the remaining are approx 5 1/2 weeks old with prolapsed rectums and being treated for coccidia. The are scheduled to be shipped back to the distributor. I took th4e young manager aside and asked her is she was aware of the return process ( euth) she was not of course. I told her although I was not happy- we WOULD take them & quarantine & test them rather than see them returned to Animals Etc. She then said she would have to contact Mike the manager. This whole scenario reminds me of the Manchester, NH Petco incident several years ago - where they back roomed biters from Triple F farms, allowed them to reside in feces and urine soaked shavings in a shipping crate- allowed them to go without water because no one wanted to get nipped and threw the food directly onto urine soaked shavings when feeding them. Then euthanized them rather than let us take them into the shelter. I sincerely hope that is not the case-- but if the ferrets disappear and they don't get here- I will NEVER support the store again.. NOT IN ANY WAY- Alicia www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 3846]