I am collatong several lists of vets and vet hosp. state by state... as the 'archivist' [translates>paper slave :] ] for FA its part of the job...anyone sending me a fax number that remains active between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. can request a single town...area...state...or the whole country incl. Canada... and PLEASE send me your vets name address and a little about the level of knowledge and experience and skills...and also...please download and print out the FAQ updated and offered here for free and the 7 medical files also updated and free and send or fax or deliver them to as many vets as you can afford to share with...its up to us to help our vets with ongoing education about ferret medicine///[I also have data bases on Hedgehogs and Sugar Gliders and several other exotic species if they are desired] If economics are a problem...ask the vet to leave his/her fax machine on at nite and notify me of the desired files and I will fax them direct for you!!! This archive is open top everyone...and anyone can contribute...I have one file with a book full of ferret names [available on this list I might add!] and graphics are appreciated, jokes, games (PLEASE), and reciepes for meds foods, treats, travel foods, just anything, and BOOKS..read and evaluate one and send me the goods and bads and could be betters...one copy goes to file and one to the author/publisher for consideration...so far they are very grateful! Acopy od this FML printed out and annotated and crossreferenced is added eac day... and how about tips and hints for coigzistance with one to 50 fuzzies...and you shelter folks...how about a HOW TO..for establishing a shelter/rescue program...and one for a sanctuary too... what ya gotta have to get started..[supplies list] and all those details...like getting the word out you are available...and fees for adoptions and well...EVERY blessed thing you know and all the stuff you have forgotten!!! Need a reference vet for your 'new to ferrets' vet to call for help and experienced conferencing...I got a few...and if you want a good ferret vet when you need one...educate yours!!! You might be very surprised at how inexpensive a vet fee can get when you have hand delivered a 70 page ferret file and introduced yourself when your fur kids are healthy and happy.... that later much needed sick fur kid visit to the vet you helped be a better vet when you didn't need him/her might just be amazingly easy on your checkbook. Trust me...I delivered 8 files that included extensive information including treatment regemins to 8 local vets... when vaccine time rolled around...what do you know...two offerred to order the vaccines in at cost and did all the shots for no-charge! and the promise to bring in Hedgies and Gliders as well as ferrets for non/intrusive examination has resulted in several emergency night surgical proceedures that never reached the billing clerks... Write those thank yous and send pictures of recovered fur kids for a brag board and supply up to the minute information and you may be surprised how grateful your local bone bender is... And don't forget the info on Timmy and the duck soup reciepe... that alone has gone out to 9 vets around here by nite fax and the response has been very grateful health professionals that now, finally, have a food mix that works and is syringe feedable. If we don't tell them they can't learn...and then who's fault is it if they are ignorant when we need them most? And if your in a ferret free zone...just walk in and hand a manilla envelope addressed to the vet of hosp. and smile and walk out again...at least you got the info there and may save a fuzzy or 6 one day down the line. OK?? nough said TNT dayna :] dayna frazier 102046,3162 "Worry is the interest we pay on the trouble we borrow!" [Posted in FML issue 1576]