Message Number: YG9377 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukieferret
Date: 2001-12-14 20:57:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Are annual vaccinations still necessary?

Unless it has changed since I last read it carefully, the 10 days apply to healthy and VACCINATED animals.

There certainly are those who historically have reported that all sorts of things are bites, even some who lied about ex-girlfriends' or ex-boyfriends' critters.

Yes, state and local laws do vary.


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Russell Prater <russellprater@w...> wrote:
> protecting them
> > from is someone claiming that your ferrets bit them. If they are
...
> > wouldn't risk it with mine.
...
> The procedure recommended in the Rabies Compendium for a bite by a
> healthy appearing ferret is to quarentine the ferret for 10 days and
> watch him. If he doesn't get sick in the 10 days, he was not sheding
> rabies virus at the time of the bite. The actual procedure that is
> followed is a matter of local and state law and like you, I recommend
> vaccination annually.
>
> --
> Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
> russellprater@w...
>
> URA Redneck if your checks feature pictures of dogs fighting.