I really didn't want to bring this topic up (again), but I need to. A friend pointed out that a sentence in my post about vaccinating was very confusing. It indeed was unclear and could be easily interpreted as meaning the OPPOSITE of what I was trying to say. I posted: >Well, then there is that uncommon or even rare reaction, sometimes >fatally so. But it's very uncommon. It far outweighs the risks of not >vaccinating." That last statement was meant to say that the risks of not vaccinating are greater than vaccinating. So the part of my post was very poorly written. In fact when I reread it, it doesn't even make sense. So I'm correcting it in case there was any misunderstanding. In summary, I think that the risks involved with vaccinating are severe but rare. In general, overall, the risks of not vaccinating are common and significant (some also severe). Because of the rare risks involved with vaccinating, because of the past (and current) use of Mercury additives, and because of the obnoxious schedule of frequent vaccinating children in recent years ... I think human vaccinating can greatly be improved, but that it's the best we have right now. As far as ferrets are concerned, there really is not much choice but to vaccinate against distemper and there are strong reasons to vaccinate against rabies (for healthy, young ferrets). But, even then, they can always stand to be improved for less reactions, that's for certain. I feel no hesitancy to vaccinate most ferrets, even though I've experienced two scary reactions with my ferrets in the past. Now why couldn't I just have said that in the first place? Duh. Woofymoments! Wolfy http://wolfysluv.jacksnet.com [Posted in FML issue 4653]