Ferret Amnesty in California Terminated

Today was a sad day for hundreds of thousands of pet ferrets and their owners in California. Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill legalizing ferrets already in the state. This is despite the fact that there are no feral ferrets anywhere in the country despite a population of approximately 10 million pet ferrets. (The population estimate appeared in an article in the September issue of Delta Airlines' Sky magazine.) Domestic ferrets are incapable of surviving in the wild. All the instincts and skills necessary to fend for themselves have basically been bred out of them.

The good news at home is that Lady Ayeka is having more normal stools and seems to really be doing well. All four of our ferrets seem to be happy, playful, and sweet right now. It's good not to be worrying about an impending ferret medical disaster for a change. After losing six to old age, lymphosarcoma, and/or liver cancer in less than a year we really needed to have some good ferret times for a while.