From:
Marie Bartholdsson
Date: 2002-03-19 06:35:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ferret longevity and disease
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "sukieferret" <sukiecrandall@t...> wrote:
>It sounds like you are used to the diseases that you are encountering there
>and
>have adjusted to them; for the most part people here who are used to
>ferrets
>and use resources seem to feel the same way about the diseases here
I know what you mean, but I dont think I will ever adjust or accept any
pregeriatric disease as being a normal occurrence for the majority in a
population of ferrets. Since ferrets here from the "old background" seems to
have a lower incidence of diseases I can only conclude that ferrets or
polecats as a species is not normally an animal with excessive health
problems.
Problem is diseases like cancer usually dont show up until the affected
ferret have already been bred, often for several seasons.
I was wondering, do the majority of the US ferrets stay healthy until 7-8
years? It was my understanding that the majority did not but maybe Im
wrong?
Marie
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