To Sean Robinson: > Dr. Williams, is there any medical reason at ALL to file down a >ferret's fangs? Of course not. However, I'm not sure what you can do about it, as I'm not familiar with Canadian law. Acutally, they are probably not violating a law, as long as the animals are anesthetized. We crop dogs ears and tails on a regular basis - why not file fangs to make the animals more presentable and profitable? Stupid - incessantly. But I think it's only a matter of time until someone came up with this idea. As I just mentioned - we see a lot of broken teeth but few problems. I'll have to check to see if the tooth pulp is just located very deeply in ferret teeth. Cedar chips, filed teeth - strange goings on north of the border. Bruce H. Williams, DVM Dept. of Veterinary Pathology Chief Pathologist, AccuPath Armed Forces Institute of Pathology [log in to unmask] Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1240]