From:
miamiferret
Date: 2002-02-25 11:11:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Adrenal survey
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Caitlyn Martin <caitlynmaire@e...>
wrote:
> A survey just doesn't leave room for explanations, though I do
consider
> what Mike is doing valuable information.
I have to agree with this. It was very difficult to create a survey
that would cover all possible aspects of adrenal disease. For
example, there was no way to have it branch off to different
questions based on certain responses, which I think is an important
shortcoming. Not being able to explain or clarify certain answers is
another.
Also, some of the results are questionable. For example, if one
looks at the number of responses that said their ferrets are ONLY
exposed to natural light cycles, one will see that almost half said
YES! I doubt it's even 10% that are exposed only to natural light
cycles since 99% said they keep their ferrets indoors. I tried
clarifying the question, but it didn't seem to help.
So everyone that looks at it definitely needs to understand that
there are some shortcomings in this survey and it's only meant to
give a general feeling for what others have experienced.
mike