>From:    Penny LePage <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Need a ferret & Education in Central Fl.
>The trip was good but the ferrets started shedding because it was so warm.
>Being back in NH hopefully it will stop.  Any thoughts?
 
Ferrets get/lose their winter fur based on the photoperiod, i.e. the length
of daylight to which they are exposed, not temperature.
 
Compared to northern states, our days are a bit longer down here in the
winter.  For example, on the shortest day of the year sunset is around
5:30 p.m.  I couldn't say whether or not these longer days were enough
to trigger a shed in your ferrets.
 
For the ferrets,
Mike
 
* Michael F. Janke, [log in to unmask]
* Secretary, South Florida Ferret Club and Rescue, Inc.
*
* Visit our shelter's web site: http://www.miamiferret.org
* Visit the Adrenal/Insulinoma web site: http://www.miamiferret.org/FHC
*
* Enter our shelter's photo contest! http://www.miamiferret.org/contest.htm
[Posted in FML issue 2503]