out on the stats analysis, so if I remember, I'll try and keep you all
posted on it.
larry
At 02:56 PM 10/20/2003, you wrote:
>Thanks for the info Larry.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:44 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Any raw feeders?
>
>John,
>
>It depends. It seems that American ferrets from the big breeders are
>steadily decreasing in life span. Years ago, people were saying 7 to 10
>years. More recently is seems to be 5 to 8 years. Our vet, who has been an
>exotics specialist for the last 15 years or so, has noted the steady
>decrease in longevity. When I was talking with him he said he's going to do
>a case control study about it and see if there are any commonalities.
>
>Now the small private breeders, or hobbyist breeders by and large produce
>ferrets that are much longer lived on the average. Mind you this is
>anecdotal evidence mostly. No one has really done a serious study on it.
>
>So I'd say that ferrets on the average live between 6 and 8 years.
>
>larry
>
>At 02:02 PM 10/20/2003, you wrote:
> >Larry,
> > As a side note, how long do ferrets live?
>
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