>From: Jewels118 <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Marshall Farms >I want to bring to everyone's attention a situation that happened this past >Friday. It makes one point, something HAS to be done about marshall farms, >and the age they are sending their kits tot he stores! <snip of story for >space, not content> Why does this not suprprise me? When I bought Justin, he was about 6 weeks old. A little young, to be sure. I thought that at the time. But when I bought Niko(you all remember Niko, right? The one that brought ECE home to my others? Yes, it *is* ECE, Niko *did* bring it to my house, and Kender is *still* 1.8 lbs after a month of this nonsense, and now the bills being sent to Petco are getting higher and higher)so help me, he was no older than 5 weeks. I have the photos to prove it. He was never weaned properly. My vet couldn't understand how they could even operate on a kit that small. I think that it all depends on how many kits are available to leave MF on a particular week. They have a quota to make, after all. If they have enough older ones, they send those. But if they fall short, then maybe some of the younger ones get filled in to meet the demand? I don't know, but it seems that the practice of sending the really young ones out is fairly inconsistent. I was in a Petco buying cat treats the other day(not the one in Hartsdale) and they had about 7 ferrets, all older, about 9 weeks I'd say and looking healthy. Then some weeks they just get in these tiny itty bitty babies. It just doesn't make any sense. I want to commend you for all you did in saving the lives of those little ones. My thoughts are with you. shaking my head, elf. Kender, Justin, Nikodemos and D'Artagnan the felines Nemesis, Ischade and Holstein and Judy the wonderkeet. bronxelf Dominatrix at Arms and Guild Hall Lieutenant of the Renaissance Mercenaries Guild. A.F.R. Goddess of Steel http://www.i-2000.com/corwin/axi "To err is human, to forgive is not our policy." --Anonymous "I believe pregnancy is a Sexually Transmitted Disease"- Me. "I think I need my own satellite."-"Speaker of the Rock the House", Chucklehead The creativity of an elf knows no bounds. [Posted in FML issue 2284]