>From:    Melissa Litwicki <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Cataracts?
 
Melissa, you know we like you and aren't questinoing your intelligence...
 
Is Noodle's eye really getting worse or is it fear making you see it that
way?
 
But that is about the way it happens when ferrets develop cataracts...
 
>From:    Laurel Roth <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ferrets' eyes
 
Most of what you see of a ferrets eye is the pupil.  They do have irises -
normally brown or green but often blue in ferrets with a dilution factor
genetically.  (Mitts, pandas, champagnes etc.)
 
They can mover their eyes independantly from their heads but like people and
other predators the eyes are oriented toward the front so turning the head
is often required for widening their field of vision.  As an aside like
other predators that get domesticated it seems that ferrets eyes are a
little less focused forward than polecats - but Bob is the guy that studies
the skulls so he can tell us if thats "real" or just how it seems in our
limitted knowledge of polecats.
 
bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets
http://www.zenferret.com/
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[Posted in FML issue 2164]