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From: "Tressie"
Date: 2008-08-01 00:59:40 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: ferret advice
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

There is no substitute for good veterinary care. Veterinarians are
human, in other words, not perfect. Not all medical conditions are
curable, most can be medically managed with appropriate veterinary
intervention.

It is as much your responsibility to be as knowledgeable as you can
be about the illnesses and diseases our fuzzies are prone to -as it
is your vet's responsibility to provide your fuzzy with good care.

Tests cost money, technology costs money, vet school costs money.
Ferrets are an expensive animal companion to keep. They get sick.
They need veterinary care. Those are facts of life.

The issue is not whether you love your fuzzies but whether you can
afford the medical care they not only require, but deserve. And if
you can't, then you need to find a way to ensure they get it, even if
it means becoming a foster home.

If you genuinely believe the care in your area is substandard - get
in your car and drive to a vet that provides a better level of care.
If on the other hand, the rebuttal is there are no good vets and they
all charge an arm and a leg, that is an altogether different problem
that has nothing to do with veterinarians or veterinary care - or the
price of tea in China.


...

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Terry Keene <Keene_terry@...>
wrote:
>
> and to save the rest of my ferts from unwanted, unknowledgable vets
who like
other doctors charge way to darn much.

would like to know if there is a way to learn or to be taught how to
properly
diagnose and/or treat ferrets from home even if it is not complete,
to aleviate
the time and money, so far, that hasn't provided me or my ferrets
with any
cures, knowledge, or satisfaction. To tell someone that is in the
hospital that
he is possibly dieing but all tests are coming back clean is insane
and
incompetent in my opinion. It is the same with an animal actually it
is by far
worse because first the animal can't talk and doesn't understand us,
and now
they have to explain to the owners I don't know. Then they still
charge us
insane fees.



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