> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 07:08:40 -0500 > From: Debbie Riccio <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: FML Stories > >...Do any of you out there object if I put > some of your material in my newsletter???? If you like to publish any of our (diane and bill that is) blatherings that okay with us (if you send us a copy :)). > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 16:53:46 -0400 > From: "Michelle Sabol Jones, VMD, MS" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Unscented and Regular > > ... And I do mean STENCH. My only choice was to descent. Was this animal spraying? Unless there is a problem in the glands you shouldn't smell them unless the ferret gets riled. I have some plenty of ferrets in my house. The descented ones smell no better than the non-descented ones. The whole males stink plenty - wouldn't change in the least if the anal glands were removed. Urine and musk don't come from those glands. > ... My point is--if the smell is that bad, descent. If it's not > and you don't want to have your pet's anal sacs removed, that's OK too. > The surgery is NOT a cruel procedure to perform on an animal if done > properly... As for being light years behind Germany on "cruelty" > issues--judging from the country's past history--I'd like to stay that way. Don't mix issues with the disparaging comments. It is cruel in my opinion to take a knife to an animal for what normally makes NO real difference in smell. If their is an infection or something in the gland it is different of course. > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 10:43:52 PST > From: Anonymous Poster <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: outlaw > > Cold someone post the different colors of ferrets and there names? I posted a fairly lengthy article on ferret colors just over a month ago in issue 1118. I think its a little early yet for me to post it all again - I'm sure I will in the future though when I read enough questions about colors again. In it I discussed Sables, Champagnes, Cinnamons, Pandas, Silvers, Chocolates, ... (get the idea there a bunch of colors/patterns?) You can request that issue with the article easily however. From the top of each issue: > [log in to unmask] <-- subscriptions, problems etc. > Use "SEND FERRET nnnn" to get backissues of this newsletter. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets [Posted in FML issue 1149]