The vet who said that was new to ferrets at the time and didn't know
that the people, who lived at that time both on a different continent
(I am trying to not give away too much about them by not being specific
as to continent and country.) and in Brazil, traveling between the two
nations on most years, used the SAME legal travel papers for every
pair of ferrets they traveled with over the years to avoid some pretty
horrid paperwork. Having communicated with all parties since the vet
made that statement I can tell you that is the verified upshot. The
actual ferrets involved lived similar lifespans to most U.S. ferrets.
The oldest ferrets I knew of who have actual confirmation lived to be
14, though I heard this year that a vet knows of a confirmed 15 year
old.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Posted in FML 6159]
