CritterChat Week 2002!
Corrine Fayo
Netherland Dwarf Rabbits
Monday, December 9, at 9 PM Eastern, in Critter Chat
Corrine Fayo is an American Rabbit Breeders Association registered breeder of Netherland Dwarf Rabbits, and a charter breeder of the American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club. She has been featured on the nationally broadcast show Fox Pet News, and is a contributor to the ARBA guidebook. Come get to know her and these charming critters better!
Betty Lewis
Animal Communication
Monday, December 9, at 10 PM Eastern in The Auditorium
Do you want to talk to animals and get answers back from them? Betty Lewis has been doing just that, talking telepathically with animals and acting as an interpreter between animals and their people since 1987. She is the author of Animals Speak, a collection of stories from her practice as well as exercises to understand how you process information and skills to allow you to talk to animals yourself. Betty will work with you in this chat event to communicate with your animals!
 Becky Gates
Sugar Gliders "R" Us
Wednesday, December 11, at 9 PM Eastern, in Critter Chat
Sugar Gliders are becoming one of the most popular pocket pets in the United States. Intelligent, playful, highly social, and inquisitive, they are delighted to be in physical contact with their owner’s body. They will sit on your shoulder, play in your hair and sleep in your shirt pocket. Find out all about these charming pets from Becky Gates!
 David Congalton
Author, When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die
Wednesday, December 11, at 10 PM Eastern in CatCareCentral
David Congalton is the award-winning author of Three Cats, Two Dogs: A Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss and co-author with his wife Charlotte Alexander of When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die. David will be discussing how you can protect your pets if you are no longer able to care for them due to death or other unforseen circumstances. Included in the discussion will be wills, and specific provisions that can protect pets. Although this chat is hosted by CatHobbyist.com, it is open to, and will discuss, companions of all species. All pet owners are welcome! Those with long-lived pets such as parrots, horses, and others are especially encouraged to attend.
 Gina Spadafori
Thursday, December 12, at 9 PM Eastern in The Auditorium
Gina Spadafori has been blessed with the opportunity to combine two of her dearest loves -- animals and words -- into a career writing about animals.
She is the author of Dogs for Dummies, and co-author of Cats for Dummies and Birds for Dummies. Since 1984, she has authored an award-winning weekly column on pets and their care, which now appears in newspapers across the country through the Universal Press Syndicate. Gina has served on the boards of directors of both the Cat Writers' Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. She is a three-time recipient of the DWAA's Maxwell Medallion for the best newspaper column, and her column has also been honored with a certificate of excellence by the CWA. Gina will be discussing careers writing about animals.
Trudy Jo Wallach
Ferrets
Friday, December 13, at 9 PM Eastern in Critter Chat
Trudy Jo Wallach, a certified practitioner of TTouch, has cared and advocated for animals for 10 years. The Tellington TTouch is a specialized approach to the care and training of our animal companions. Developed by internationally recognized animal expert, Linda Tellington-Jones, this method based on cooperation and respect offers a positive approach to training, can improve performance and health and presents solutions to common behavioral and physical problems. It also helps establish a deeper rapport between humans and animals through increased understanding and more effective communication. As well as teaching TTouch, Trudy has done rescue for feral cats and does foster care for a local ferret shelter. She lives with two dogs, twenty-seven cats and twelve ferrets.
 Nancy Campbell, RVT
Natural Ferret Care
Saturday, December 14, 8 PM Eastern in Critter Chat
Holistic care for dogs and cats is sweeping the world. Natural diets, alternative veterinary medicine, and more are increasingly common for family pets. What about for ferrets? Registered veterinary technician Nancy Campbell is the owner of the Natural Ferrets email list as well as a ferret lover and owner. She will discuss the natural care of these small carnivorous pets. This chat will also mark the launch of a weekly chat on natural ferret care. Don't miss it! For more information: Natural Ferret Care.
How to Attend
These events will be held in chat rooms listed above. There are two ways to access the chat rooms. The first is simply to follow the link as given. There is no registration required and there is nothing to download or install. The room does require you to have java enabled in your browser settings. We strongly suggest you access the room before the chat, so you have time to address any access difficulties you might have. You might want to drop by one of our regular nightly chats as a test run.
If you don't have java enabled in your browser, or aren't sure but find you cannot access the room, you can access the chats by downloading and installing any program that enables you to use Internet Relay Chat. The two most common programs are mIRC for PCs and IRCle for Macs. You can find more information on how to access our room using those programs here: ChatFAQ.
More Information
There is information about chats on other species available at the links in the right hand column. Simply click on the species in which you are interested for a more detailed listing. Some of the chats even have free email reminders you can sign up for!
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