Message Number: SG14267 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Katharine"
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:06:12 -0400
To: "Ferret Health List" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Subject: Re: blindness
Message-ID: <04c901c56af4$b795a7d0$af102cc7@D1CW2811>
I have had several blind ferrets and they have done quite well. Two of the=
m came to me already blind (one was actually lost outside for 3 days and su=
rvived). They have been able to find their way all around the house with n=
o aids of any sort. I am careful, when I pick one up, that I put him/her b=
ack down in the same place. If I walk around and set them down in a differ=
ent place, it takes them a second to get their bearings. =
I have a third who I think has become very vision impaired since he arrived=
here. He does just fine also.
I'm sorry your ferret has become blind but want to reassure you that it won=
't impair her quality of life in any way.
Katharine
http://community.webshots.com/user/katharine524
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