>From: adp <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: De scenting >Ok, ferret experts... The only reason I can think of to descent my future >ferrets is to prevent them from "poofing" when they are scared or hurt. >Since I don't intend to hurt or scare them (but could see it happening at >the vet) I don't see the need to have one more unnessesary surgery for my >conveniance. Well you said what we would have said to you. We don't recommend descenting. You probably couldn't tell which of our ferrets are and which are not descented. >Do ferrets get impacted anal glands? Yes. Surgery is sometimes medically indicated but no "need" to do it before. Well there have been really odd ferrets that poof more than others and have a pscychological need for descenting. None I know personally but have heard of a few. >From: artemis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Upset with FML No you have discovered the hard way that some on this list do not know as much as they think they do. Those who refuse others the chance to learn are doing no-one any good. Horror of horrors we had our third ferret descented many years ago before we learned more. Nearly all ferrets even those kept as breeders were descented less than twenty years ago. Practically none of the radicals were ferret owners then and know little of the history of ferrets as pets. >From: MROCHAC <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Problems with new fuzzy See our reply on Ferret Forum... >From: Sergio Russek <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ferrets and Pregnant Women >is it safe to have ferrets around pregnant women ? Yup. Well the non-pregnant folk should clean the litter boxes for those nine months though. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1894]