This fascinates me... and I eagerly await postings on this... I am
interested in status reports such as what Kat Parsons gave more so than
any contraversy or tiresome debate.
 
I personally have never experienced adrenal disease in any of my pet store
bought ferrets since I was a kid.  BUT I have not had any past 5 years of
age due to a traaagic fire, and due to family taking in my babies when I
went to college .
 
I have had one catastrophic illness in a pet store babe... he bled
internally, massively and suddenly for unknown reasons at the time all
before one year of age.  I had one albino boy get very weak, and thin, and
old "before his time" by 5 years of age (he was raised as a kit from a pet
store).  We lost him in the first of the nineties...before adv and such.
He may have had undxed insolima.  who knows.
 
So that's 2/9 petstore bought kits that had unknown early deaths.  I have
one shelter babe currently and I will be curious to see how things turn
out for him in the long run.
 
Wolfy
Please visit:
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/
for information on deafness and ferrets:
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html
take a peek at upcomming "so you have allergies":
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/allergies.html
[Posted in FML issue 3144]