>From: Harry Silvis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Delta Announces At this point the only airline to ship animals cargo or baggage is Continental. It is with their QuickPack service. I have talked with them extensively about this & they assure me that the animals are on temperature controlled planes & then unloaded ASAP & taken into the terminal in temperature controlled rooms ASAP. They do not have limitations for temperatures. Other airlines I have talked to told me the animals are unloaded & left on the runway between flights! Not good in really hot or really cold temps! Only problem with Continental QuickPack is they don't go everywhere. I am unsure about their on-flight rules. >From: "E.M. Ennis" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: biters, 'Hopeless' >We just recently got in our worst biter (which I'm sure would be a >sweetheart for many of you long-time shelter folk). She's a HUGE altered >female, non-MF (does PV use any tattoo, 'cause this girl's got no >tattoos?), unknown age (assumed 1-3 yrs), and neglected neglected neglected. >... SHe's got a thick blaze running from her forehead to her shoulders, >white mitts and tail tip, pink nose, snow-white belly from 'snout-to-vent', >and a salt-and-pepper coat along her back, head, and tail. Sounds like a silver blaze. I am guessing by your description that she is deaf. I had a similar experience with a DEW jill. She would rip the hell out of you! Helped a lot when we realized she was deaf - this was long before I had heard of Waardenburgs which effects DEW, Blaze, Panda, & some ferrets with spots on their foreheads. It took us a while to figure out how to communicate with her, but we earned her trust & gave nothing but love. >From: Bob Church <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Bob C: Question for Experienced Breeder >The question is, does anyone have practical experience with housing >multiple hobs together when they are not in rut? Well, my boys live together in the off season & play together in the breeding season. Sometimes a few get too rough while playing so the rough boys gets time out & tried back later. If that doesn't work they come out & play by themselves. But they usually only have pecking order type spats. When out of season they act like regular altered ferrets. In fact, I have seen alters & jills act worse! I have noticed a larger tendency in aggressive behavior in hobs when in rut - with or with out jills present. I believe it must be a hormonal thing. I have also noticed that my hobs are sweeter towards people & are more playful when not in rut. When they are in rut they are usually snuffling the floor looking for girl smells, etc. Amy Flemming Flemming Farms http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/9521 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2385]