BTW, I can think of two -- retracted -- claims of 17 year old ferrets
that have happened in ferret lists.

One was a legitimate error by a sweet person in which one ferret's
paper work got combine with that of another (UK).

The other was a farmer playfully pulling the leg ( or as we say here
now "pulling a Gordon") of a kind person who dearly loved ferrets but
was relatively new to them at that time (NL).

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.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html

[Posted in FML 6159]