James Wilkinson wrote: > 1. High Temperatures: >I do not see how high temperatures will affect the health of ferrets or >any other animal. That is if that animal has had a proper transition >period to get use to the higher temperatures. Hmmm. I haven't heard about ferrets acclimating well to temperatures above 85 degrees under any circumstances. In fact, when I worked in a research facility which housed some ferrets (no, we didn't "torture" them) the HVAC was turned off on the ferret floor for "upgrading" (ha). We recorded a gradual rise in temperature of about 2 degrees in the first 24 hours (baseline 69 degrees F) 5 degrees the second 24 hrs, etc, by the end of the week it was up to 90 degrees and the ferrets were showing signs of stress. i took the ferrets into my office and refused to put them back until the building administrator fixed the problem. the committee on animal research and our 2 clinical veterinarians backed me up on this, saying "ferrets cannot tolerate temperatures over 85 degrees. end of discussion." were we all wrong??? hrg [Posted in FML issue 1329]