From:
"Chris Lloyd"
Date: 2004-06-03 18:19:34 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Blind Ferrets
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <5807702.1086287699105.JavaMail.nobody@vanadium.smartgroups.com>
Hi Katharine, as most ferrets/polecats hunt in total darkness
underground I would think that being blind is not as great a hardship to
them as we think it is. Blind ferrets do crash into things when running
and playing but so do my non blind ferrets. A ferret's sense of smell is
well developed so just a little marking with subtle scents and not
moving the furniture about is all that is needed. Chris.
Wessex Ferret Club (www.wessexferretclub.co.uk).
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