Message Number: SG3507 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Roger Vaughn"
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:48:34 -0500 (EST)
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Acupuncture
Message-ID: <49747.192.168.132.35.1046893714.squirrel@mail.seaconinc.com>
No, I don't have that experience - with people, yes, but not with
animals.
The way I see it though, it can only help, it can't hurt, so you might
as well give it a try and let us know how it goes. I still don't see
how you can get a ferret to sit still for the treatment without
knocking him out, so perhaps you can find that out and explain it to
us, too. :-)
The needles are usually placed just barely into the skin, so it really
doesn't hurt. (I once had one placed deep in my foot for a case of
plantar fascitis. The AP said it was supposed to hurt like hell, but
even that one didn't bother me.) The procedure is a snap, but I have
not heard one way or the other about it helping any animals.
Good luck,
roger & the wolverine wannabees
missing bear
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