>We will also being holding a Distemper Clinic from 11am - 1pm (a vet >is on-call, less than 5 minutes away). The cost for the shots is $10 >per ferret per shot. With a serious anaphylactic reaction a 5 minute delay can be difference between life and death. BTW, one reason that so many people are using the higher risk Fervac and Galaxy recently is because the Purevax CD Ferret Vaccine hasn't been manufactured since March and isn't expected to made again till October. Some areas are having canine distemper outbreaks, though, and that is a horrible (Anyone who has seen it can attest that it is among the worst experiences imaginable for a loved animal and the animal's people.), terrifying, torturing disease. The Purevax manufacturering got displaced due to high demand for West Nile vax for horses and for Lyme vax. There are past posts on this requesting FML members to contact Merial asking that they again make batches of Purevax. A few people have said here that they simply are not taking ferrets to shows this year because they don't trust Fervac for reactions (the vaccine Carol was forced into using by lack of Purevax, and which caused the reactions in her ferrets -- though in that case a bad batch also seems likley.) Flea info: you can find it all easily in http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org or http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html [Posted in FML issue 4617]