>From: Tanya Grave <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Sick kids...and what are we doing wrong? > >The question I would like to ask is why does it seem that so many young >age ferrets are coming down with old age diseases - lymphoma, adrenal, >insulinoma...? Does anyone think it is diet related including the >quality of water? Or how about vaccinations - do you think this >contributes to cancer growths? I think it is a virus like the human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer. Lets postulate that they are exposed to it by their mother and it normally takes 3-4 years to develope enough to cause symptoms. By the time symptoms begin to show, the virus has done it's work and disappeared. -- Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde [log in to unmask] URA Redneck if the main course at potluck dinners is roadkill. [Posted in FML issue 3867]