RE: Pet shops and their guarantees The problem with the two- week guarantee is that some things take longer to manifest themselves that two weeks. Like an incomplplete spay for one! There are more and more of these showing up in the midwest as a result of a careless breeder/seller alleged to be operating in Minnesota. One case was really bizarre. A customer of mine purchased a female from a pet shop in the suburbs. Things went fine until she hit 'puberty' and went into heat. She was supposed to have been spayed and descented. Well he took her to one vet , who quoted him a price. Not being able to afford that, he went back to the shop and demanded that they pay for the operation. They said yes, but only if he went to their vet. He took her to the vet and the vet told him THAT HE COULDN'T OPERATE ON HER UNTIL SHE CAME OUT OF HEAT! Not knowing the urgency he waited. ... Being his first ferret, he wasn't familiar with the consequences and he lost the little jill. I don't know what legal action he took, but I hope he at least filed a grievance with the local Veterinary Medical Association and the Dept of Agriculture. In a side note, this ferret breeder (allegedly in Minn.) is counterfeiting then Marshall Farms Tatoos in the pinna of the ear, so people think they're getting a Marshall Farms ferret, when they're NOT! A friend of minetook her newly adopted ferret into the vet for his Rabies shot on saturday and learned that one of their clients had brought in a pair that they had adopted from a ferret shelter in the 'burbs that were in the last stages of distemper! She askes if it was the GCFA shelter and they said id "no". Is there a third shelter operating near Chicago? Just got my copy of the Michigan ferret law (all 4 pages)! CONGRAT MICH! In reading it (my dad is an attourney and tought me the lingo) I see that the people in Mich have done their homework. On thing I noticed is that a ferret under 6 weeks of age will not be imported into Mich wunless it is accompanied by its natural mother. This means that out of state breeders selling to Mich pet shops must wait til thekits are 6 weeks old to ship them in , and then only if they have their paperwork in order. Well, enough from me. Happy ferreting! Dale [Posted in FML issue 1106]