Pet Forum / Mammals / Ferrets / December 2003

The Origins of Christ-Mass:
                   Catholic-Paganism
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ORIGINALLY BABYLONIAN

The Origins of Christ-Mass:
                   Catholic-Paganism
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THE TIME OF THE YEAR

The Origins of Christ-Mass:
                            Catholic-Paganism
                        By G.V. Growcott
"Learn not the way of the heathen...for the customs of the people are

http://users.aol.com/libcfl/mass.htm
Celebrating the Mass
                                       by Glenn C. Shoults
             At this season of the year I am constantly bombarded by

My grilfriend and I just purchased a house about 7 months ago and along with
our new home we also rescued adn new dog. Before moving into our new home we
lived in an apartment where we could not have dogs so we dicided to get
ferrets instead. We have had them now for about 2 years ...

My four year old ferret, Riki, is having some health problems.  About
eight months ago, right before he was due for his annual vaccinations,
we noticed that he had been having some diarrhea.  It actually went on
for a week or so, but he seemed fine otherwise, and since we were

If only the furballs knew; if they only knew the great lengths went in order
to find them whiffle balls.  Driving clear across town in holiday traffic
in hopes I would find them a new toy.  In hopes they would have something
near 'grocery bag' level of fun to play with.  

Hello, everyone. 'Tis me, Dee, dropping in for her quarterly check-in.
It's nice to see everyone getting along. I'm so disappointed that I missed
Paul's Turkey Day tribute. I'll have to google it.
News: Down to 4 fur kids. Has been a sad year. This is what happens when you

Damn you Barbie, Fischer-Price, Leap Frog, Builder Bob, and all the stuffed
animals... all I want are some whiffle balls for my ferrets.  Have you ever
tried finding whiffle balls in winter, and around Christmas time??  Target,
Walmart, Toys-R-Us... it's as if they don't exist!  ...

We once again will prepare our home, and ourselves for the return of
our Royal Liege, Lucifer, aka Bikerferret as he graces these lands
this side of the 'pond' with his royal presence. We are so unworthy of
such an honor as a visit from His Highness, but we shall strive to

http://www.nisbett.com/realaudio/blasphemy.htm
The following links consist of Real Audio files created by Michael John
Nisbett.  It is a sermon outlining the many
             things the Catholic Church has done and continues to do

Does anyone know what is involved in having my vet clean one of my
ferrets teeth?  Is anesthesia necessary, or can they be cleaned while
he is awake?  I normally clean them myself but I guess it needs a
professional job.  thanks

I've noticed the term "bonded pair" used on several shelter websites.  What
exactly is this?
Are pairs always male & female?
My own experince with our four seems to support the term.  Almost

A Swedish Ferret Society meeting in Stockholm this
afternoon:
<http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/ferrets/ferpics2/>
Not as cold as it often is during our meetings.

Well, we passed the RSPCA inspection, and now have two new Ferrets. Picked
them up Friday night, and they are already playing with our existing 5. I am
in the process of building a new cage for them, its a converted Book Case,
and will give them a cage that is 38 inches wide, 15 ...