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Date: | Thu, 1 Sep 1994 09:47:00 PDT |
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Jonathan Adams asks:
> Subject: any ferrets make it through life healthy?
> I have been reading this list for a while now and have noticed
> something. It seems like an awful high percentage of ferrets get
> sick and die at all ages. Now this may be like the news: only bad
> stuff is consistenly reported. But I was wondering do ferrets ever
> lead a basically ill-free life until death?
Most human beings are sick with something when they die, even if they
die of old age.
Ferrets are small, and have a (compared to human) short lifespan. My
four ferrets all died at ages 7 years and older. One had a medical
problem (not fully identified) when he died. They all died without
seeming to be in pain or suffering.
> It seems like there are so many illness. I know its the same for
> humans, but it still seems like the average human goes through life
> without so many life threatening illness as our favorite fuzzies
> seem to get.
It's also that humans are larger animals, with more reserves. If a
person doesn't feel well and doesn't eat for a few days, it's not a
big deal. For a ferret, they need help, or they will get too weak and
disoriented.
Tigger (Grace Sylvan) Mom of Katherine Yelena, 5,
[log in to unmask] Corey 1/31/91; we loved him so,
Robin Gregory, 2.5
[Posted in FML issue 0938]
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