>From: Paige Townsend <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: One Last Hurdle Ear Licking - this can be stopped by applying Bitter Apple to the ears - I would recommend using the furniture cream instead of the spray in the case of ears. *** Fish tank ferret >From: Andre Klefenz / Jennifer Strong <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Dobey and the fish Be careful of ferrets and fish tanks - the fish and their environment are filled with bacteria and can cause guiardia in ferrets. An article about this will be appearing in Modern Ferret Magazine in the future. *** Overseas ferrets >From: "SPC Charles A. Fair" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Italian/German ferrets and I'm back Look on the STAR* database for the listings in Australia, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, etc. and their ferret organizations. *** ferret banned areas >From: tigerzwar <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: what states??? Ferrets are banned as pets in California and the District of Columbia. Ferret sales are banned in South Carolina and some NE states, but ownership is permitted. There are pockets of cities or counties in some states that ban ferrets: Salt Lake City, UT; Columbus, OH; and lots of areas in Texas. *** Ferrets in the paper >From: Kelly White <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ferret stuff in newspaper Could someone - anyone and everyone - send me a copy of ANY newspaper clippings regarding ferrets from ANY publication or journal? I keep a file and all I ask is that you add the date and publication and city/state of the paper. This way, if someone ever asks about good or bad ferret press, I have the clippings to pull for anyone's needs. Please send to: STAR* Ferrets, PO Box 1714, Springfield, VA 22151-0714 *** Rabies vaccines >From: Kim VanderLaan <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Vaccine help needed! The reason you are having so much trouble is that lay people should not give rabies vaccinations. Even in Virginia, where I can buy the vaccines without a prescription or vet license, I would never dream of self vaccinating my ferrets against rabies because the certificate by the vet is what carries the weight of proof of vaccination. Since distemper is not a disease that humans can acquire from ferrets, dogs and cats, it is fine to self vaccinate. But rabies is transmissible across species and it would be in your ferrets best interest to have a vet vaccinate using Imrab 3. Pam Grant [Posted in FML issue 1755]