>From: Sukie Crandall <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: reaction, dental arcade size and resultant biting, fancies > >To date I have heard of one marked white line that appeared to be >longer-lived than normal, with the breeder still following those and us >wanting one of them in a few years if it continues to hold true. have >heard of a number of normal-lived DEWs. The problem is that I am still >to hear of any pandas or blazes that have lived beyond a too-short 6 and >3/4 years. Anyone have any? Amelia is a pretty classic example of what the Killians call a panda-blaze-wannabe, although as she's aged she is becoming closer to a blaze, especially in the winter (in the winter you could really call her a blaze, but the blaze gets muddled in her summer coat). She has the white kneecaps and is mostly deaf, so I expect she's got Waardenburg Syndrome. Not sure if this is exactly the type of coat pattern you are asking about, but fwiw she turned a verifiable 7 in mid-October this year (I've had her since she was 7 weeks old) and despite insulinoma is doing pretty well. I think her health problems have been pretty "normal"-- adrenal at age 5, insulinoma diagnosed shortly after turning 6, and an ulcer after close to a year of pediapred. Maybe normal is not the right word, but at any rate I don't think it's anything you'd be surprized to see in a sable ferret. Hopefully I can continue to report an increased life span for some time to come :) Regina Regina Harrison [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Gossamer into Spiderweb: http://www.channel1.com/users/regina/~gossamer.html So keep your candles burning And make her journey bright and pure That she will keep returning Always and evermore into my arms [Posted in FML issue 3618]