From:
sukieferret
Date: 2002-01-20 19:20:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Head Bobbing...
I've seen it in a ferret who was the process of going blind, and think that perhaps it was akin to the way that birds bob -- using the motion to make things more visible by providing motion rather than waiting for something to move.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Jadesun" <jadesun@n...> wrote:
> Daisy Mai's head bobbing was the very sign as to why I took her to the vet, she also had a glassy stare along with the head bobbing and sure enough.... Insulinoma.
>
> What Mike Janke said about not seeing a ferret do this in motion, is the same for me, Daisy never seem to to this while she was in 'motion', but when stopped as to rest, the head bobbing would start.
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