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lol! English is my native tongue and I and my brother were laughing like mad at those. Didn't realise how the same spelt words are prounced different, never...
crimsonmoonv2
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Mar 6, 2005
2:42 am
3425
Hi, this is just hyperthetical, I know there isn't much (or any) study on ferret colour genetics, but an educated guess will be helpful :) I know about rat...
crimsonmoonv2
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Mar 6, 2005
3:37 am
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Breeding a panda tends to not be a good idea. PLease, see past posts on medical problems related to neural crest genetic variants....
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 6, 2005
4:20 am
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... imagine they would be soooo cute! I asked a question once and I got all these post telling me not to breed or that I shouldn't breed if I didn't know...
fuzzylover04
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Mar 6, 2005
6:03 am
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There ARE certain markings which are strongly associated with some bad medical conditions. Because of that it does NOT pay to breed ferrets with those...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 6, 2005
6:22 am
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Okay, first off, the chances are that you are dealing here with two ferrets who have neural crest variant genetics. First, off you know that you are with the...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 6, 2005
6:47 am
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Does anyone know what causes the colors in this ferret's eyes? They are primarily black, but with green speckles. It's not just in the picture, it looks like...
Fuglemat
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Mar 22, 2005
9:14 pm
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Hi! The ferret (Imova) with green glittering eyes is mine. I don't know if it is of importance that she is an angora ferret (not Ferpharm). Here are two more ...
Joanna Nilsson
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Mar 22, 2005
10:11 pm
3432
Very unusual. Have they been seen by a veterinary ophthalmologist just to be on the safe side?...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 22, 2005
10:33 pm
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No, just an ordinary vet (who has good knowledge about ferrets). The vet said that she has never seen this before. The problem is that you don't see this green...
Joanna Nilsson
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Mar 22, 2005
10:54 pm
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Indeed very unusual! I have never seen anyting like it before ... Is she the only case you know of? What about her parents and littermates? Cheers, Marie +...
Marie Coddens
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Mar 22, 2005
11:18 pm
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Wow oh wow. That's pretty incredible. Wolfy http://wolfysluv.jacksnet.com...
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Mar 24, 2005
1:21 am
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I have been thinking and thinking about this. and I've just got to know what this is. Lol. sigh. If I have time I'll google it and generalize it over to all...
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Mar 24, 2005
4:31 pm
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Are the speckles also in the very dead center of the eye? Like right where the iris is (I know the iris is hard to see in a ferret)? I did google brushfields...
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Mar 24, 2005
5:02 pm
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Hi everyone! I was looking out the messages, and I read this stuff about green eyes. Thats very interesting, because I have one ferret of my, a girl named...
Solène Diot
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Mar 24, 2005
5:15 pm
3439
Here is a picture I had stuffed away somewhere on my hard disc. I can't quite recall where I got it from though it think it was on some German-speaking website...
Marie Coddens
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Mar 24, 2005
9:01 pm
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Hi again! Wolfy: I have joined Ferret-Health-List and asked about Imovas eyes. If I get any good answer I will share them with you. Marie: I tried to contact...
Joanna Nilsson
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Mar 24, 2005
10:45 pm
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i think those spotty green eyes are lovely, but BEFORE they are bred for it IS important to have a vet ophthalmologist make sure that the coloration or...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 24, 2005
10:57 pm
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... I think you may have joined the wrong one; there is no post from you in our moderation line-up. There is a new, very small site without vet input the last...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 24, 2005
11:02 pm
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Hi! Well, nop, her pupils are normal, round. But with their colour, my mother finds it look like snake eyes! In a way, that's rite. Then, I know some breeders,...
Solène Diot
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Mar 25, 2005
12:12 pm
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Hi Solène, Was it the flash that made Skye's eyes blue on that picture? Are her eyes in natural day light similar to those pictures Joanna posted? I am asking...
surefinewhatever83
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Mar 25, 2005
12:53 pm
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... Ferrets have round pupils filling up most of the eye when it's dark, but in bright light the pupil becomes a horizontal slit. More so in polecats than in...
Marie Bartholdsson
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Mar 25, 2005
3:18 pm
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I have contacted some vet ophthalmologists and I also am still searching. (AND I still don't know if we are talking about iris or sclera) Anyway, I can across...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 25, 2005
8:43 pm
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I have written to a number of vet ophthalmologists asking about this, so hopefully we will be able to get some information!...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 25, 2005
8:49 pm
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There are many ways leading to iris color formation and the one of them -- or one of the most important of them? -- is migration of one sort of neural crest...
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Mar 25, 2005
9:11 pm
3449
... Only one reply so far but that is not an answer to the question. I am curious if this may be what is being seen: PPM   Persistent pupillary membranes...
sukiedaviscrandall
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Mar 28, 2005
7:16 pm
3450
Shoot! With its new design I can't get the addresses from past posts to write to people directly. Could the two people who had their ferrets with this...
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Mar 28, 2005
7:25 pm
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It's highly unlikely that the green spots are caused by PPM. If there were any strands attached to the cornea, it would give the appearance of a white spot,...
Joan Clague
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Mar 28, 2005
8:38 pm
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It was described that sometimes the marking is gray and that can look green in this sort of situation which is why I wondered. Not all forms attach to the...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 28, 2005
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I got a verification from a ferret vet pathologist, Dr. Bruce Williams, that my guess was wrong because "the cornea is usually opaque if a PPM adheres to it,...
Sukie Crandall
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Mar 29, 2005
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