At 3:00 AM -0400 4/16/99, Automatic digest processor wrote: >use only distilled water for your ferret..that way you know just in case >that there is nothing in it.... If using distilled water check with your vet to find out about mineral supplementations. Tap water contains not only water but also a number of minerals needed for health. Anonymous wrote: >I read (actually try not to) all these gut wrenching, heart breaking >painful posts of losses. This is a very naive question but ... how do you >fellow readers, read these things and get on with your day? I try to find at least one furry and owner I can help each day unless my schedule is completely blown away -- that means that I concentrate on hope rather than loss. Works for me... CJ wrote: >where ferrets are treated like gold, and if ferret poop was gold I'd be a >millionaire! Love that! Worded something badly yesterday -- using the chamois meant the hands were NOT right there so the ferret wasn't directly facing a body part which has meant pain, yet, the hands were close and nothing terrible was happening. Time is scarce commodity here so at times I word things carelessly or tersely without meaning to. [Posted in FML issue 2650]