Message Number: SG10376 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:26:51 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: Young Age at Alter Comments Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 31
Message-ID: <7662794.1094002011343.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Dr. Ruth Heller writes:
> female ferrets that are not spayed will often die when they go into heat for
> the first time at nine months or so - and IMO, that is an even larger health
> threat, given the number of ferrets I see for the first time at two or three
That's an excellent point and it relates to a conversation elsewhere on the importance of vaccinations.
The way it relates is this:
You tend to forget the horrors of what you are missing.
With spaying you forget the horrors of death from anemia.
With vax you forget the horrors of the diseases you avoid.
A lot of times what you are missing is incredibly worse than the risks you face with the change.
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