With so called friends that would suggest sending an otherwise healthy
ferret to the Bridge just for an inconvenience of a ferret being blind,
shows their ignorance. Carol, a blind ferret get by quite well with
just their memory and keen sense of smell. Even the eyesight of a
sighted ferret isn't all that great since they are nearsighted.

So just don't make it a habit of rearranging the furniture too often,
and Princess Anna will get by quite well. The only other thing to
remember is to announce yourself before you pick up Princess Anna so as
not to startle her. I had a totally blind ferret, Mr. Pogo, for many
years and he did great getting through doorways and stashing his prized
toys and junk mail in the potato drawer in the kitchen. If one of the
cats or another ferret laid in his path, he would just run over them.
He had no problems with his three level cage, always using the litter
boxes or finding his food and water.

I now have an Albino sprite that is blind in her left eye. Miena plays
just as hard as the other seventeen rescued ferts we have. Only thing
different she does is keeping the the one she chases on her right
shoulder. And I have to remember to approach her from the right to pick
her up. Scooping her up from the left or back scares the daylights out
of her.

Gerald Eiden

A small forever shelter fostering, rescuing displayed ferrets

[Posted in FML 7287]